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The Core Strategic Group launches Belmont Digital Media, which will offer clients online strategy, digital advertising and social intelligence services. Belmont began operations in late 2020, serving as the digital arm of projects for other CSG companies. Caroline Holman, based in Washington D.C., has joined CSG as president of the new company. With the addition of Belmont, the Core Strategic Group of companies now includes BadFish Media, C3 Public Strategies, Chariot Campaigns, Core Decision Analytics, FSB Public Affairs, KPA Strategies and The Core Management Company. “Belmont has already produced strong results for multiple projects, and we look forward to providing our clients with the strategies, analytics, and management to navigate the digital arena successfully,” said CSG president and CEO Jeff Flint.
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The Greater Kansas City chapter of the Public Relations Society of America marks the start of its 60th anniversary year by launching a $25,000 endowment fund in honor of Inez Y. Kaiser, who was the first Black woman to join PRSA in 1966. The Inez Y. Kaiser GKC-PRSA Memorial Scholarship Fund at Greater Kansas City Community Foundation will award scholarships to undergraduate college students starting in 2022. The chapter hopes to increase the size of the endowment by raising additional funds via a capital campaign. Born in Kansas City, Kansas in 1918, Kaiser founded Inez Kaiser & Associates in 1957, and in 1963 became the first Black woman to establish a national public relations firm in downtown Kansas City. “The establishment of this endowment is an important first step in the chapter’s D&I Strategic Plan,” said GKC/PRSA chapter president Alex Miller. More information and a donation link is available here.
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Cornerstone Government Affairs is partnering with the Intelligence and National Security Foundation on “Diversity in National Security: Critical to Securing Our Nation at Home and Abroad,” a panel discussion on Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security will be the keynote speaker. Also scheduled to participate are Rita Sampson, chief of equal employment opportunity and diversity at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Wydnee Parker, national security advisor for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi; Lodriguez Murray, senior vice president of public policy and government affairs at the United Negro College Fund; and George MacArthur, vice president and portfolio manager at ManTech. “Intelligence agencies and the companies that support them need to consider how they can more effectively promote a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce that draws on the talents of all Americans who want to contribute to national security,” said INSF president Suzanne Wilson Heckenberg. To register for the online event, click here.
The Messina Group is rebranding as Fortius Global and opening an office in London. Jim Messina, who launched the firm in 2013 after serving as campaign manager for Obama for America, will serve as CEO of Fortius Global and continue to set the vision, strategy, and execution for Fortius and its companies... The New York Chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute names the new members of its NextGen Committee for the 2026-2027 term... Billion Dollar Boy, a social and influencer marketing agency with offices in New York and London, acquires Santa Monica, CA-headquartered Creator Authority.
Slowey McManus Communications is receiving a majority stake investment from Adi Sarosa, founder and managing partner of AA24 Communications... Seven Letter, a Washington, D.C.-based bipartisan strategic communications and public affairs firm, marks its 20th anniversary... Jack Morton launches a new global brand identity.
Peregrine, which specializes in asset and wealth management, adds a Los Angeles office to its locations in New York and London... The Dilenschneider Group, which was founded by Hill & Knowlton CEO Robert Dilenschneider, marks 35 years in business... Meltwater launches Intelligence is Always in Style, a marketing campaign based on a short-film series starring actress Kim Cattrall.
53Six, a Dublin- and London-based sports marketing agency, is acquired by Irish experience and entertainment group FUEL... Blue Highway Advisory releases a report that looks at how the shift from CEO to AI has changed the way in which consumers access information, and offers advice on how to handle the new landscape... Get Engaged, whose services include campaign ideation, social media management, influencer marketing, celebrity partnerships, content production and paid media, joins SAMY, a social-first agency headquartered in Madrid. 
The Hoffman Agency, a Silicon Valley-based firm with offices in Europe, Asia and the U.S., teams up with United Partners Network, a global community of independent communications agencies... ChangeMakers acquires R&G Strategic, a Halifax, Nova Scotia-based firm with a practice that spans ESG and sustainability strategy and reporting; stakeholder engagement; climate and GHG consulting; sustainability campaigns; branding; communications; and marketing... AltaVista Strategic Partners, a Baltimore-based firm, opens an second office in Tampa, effective Oct. 15.
