Alissa Blate, who served as executive VP-global brand marketing & communications at MWWPR, left the independent shop in March following a 20-year stint to establish her own firm. (1 reader comment)
Marketing Guru Blate Exits MWWPR
Thu., Jun. 1, 2017
By Kevin McCauley
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