John McCook
John McCook

John McCook, who worked 17 years at Rubenstein Public Relations in two different stints, has returned to the New York shop as VP and head of its consumer practice.

He exited RPR in 2018 to teach special education classes at PS 89 and Metropolitan High School in the South Bronx.

McCook also saw PR duty at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Burson-Marsteller and Porter Novelli.

During his career, he counseled clients such as Wish-Bone Salad Dressing, Puerto Rico Tourism, Applebee’s, Le Cordon Bleu Cooking School, Mazda, Rubin Museum of Art, Mount Airy Casino and AMF Bowling.