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PROFILES OF TOP INDEPENDENT PR FIRMS
cations professionals, unified by a
no-nonsense approach that builds
brands, companies and reputations.
Through “better thinking
and relentless execution,” we
express our work ethic and our
core values of quality and premium,
personal service. We’re a
hybrid organization — virtual for
professional services, traditional
for administrative support. We
think, we write, we pitch — and
we use the news media strategically
to help our clients grow.
Edge consists of 20+ senior PR
strategists, media relations
experts and writers, each of
whom brings a minimum of 10
years’ experience and industry
segment expertise across a range
of communications disciplines.
Most Edge team members have
served with major public relations
agencies and/or specialty
firms at the VP level or above.
Our team is also peppered with
senior editorial professionals,
alumni of notable business and
trade publications. Edge is ranked
among the top 50 tech PR firms
nationally by the respected industry
journal O’Dwyer’s.
Based in Los Angeles, Edge
has a presence in New York, San
Francisco, Portland, Minneapolis,
Seattle and Boston. Client experience
encompasses B2C, B2B and
corporate work. Our clients range
from pre-IPO startups to members
of the Fortune 1000 — in
technology, consumer products,
life sciences, professional services,
e-business, advertising and
human resources.
ETC, INC.
31 Triangle Park Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45246
513/772-7903
pat.esposito@etc-online.com
www.etc-online.com
Pat Esposito, Principal,
President, & CEO
Bethany Dale, APR, Principal,
Vice President
Environmental Technologies
and Communications, Inc. is a
Midwest PR firm that deals
exclusively with environmental,
health and safety issues.
The firm was founded in 1994
and currently maintains a staff of
25. Clients are primarily public
utilities and major manufacturers
who turn to ETC for support
when they have an emerging EHS
issue, or one that has already
attracted public attention and
concern.
ETC works with industrial
clients facing state/federal consent
orders for environmental
pollution. ETC also provides
communication assistance to
clients with construction, demolition,
and remediation projects
that will directly affect neighboring
properties. Sometimes,
clients seek assistance when government
action shines a new light
on some aspect of their operations.
Communication plans and
strategies are custom-designed to
fit the situation, and may include
media relations, community outreach,
public meetings and
involvement, opinion surveys, ad
campaigns, and other forms of
employee/stakeholder communications.
Topics range from buried
wastes, contaminated buildings,
impacted soils, polluted streams,
and contaminated groundwater,
safe drinking water, and sewage
collection/treatment, to plant
odors, toxic emissions, and
indoor air.
ETC has been repeatedly recognized
for its outstanding work
by PRSA, IABC, the
International Academy of
Communications Arts and
Sciences/MarComm, the
International Academy of the
Visual Arts, and others in national
and international PR award
competitions since 1996.
FAHLGREN
MORTINE PUBLIC
RELATIONS
4030 Easton Station, Suite 300
Columbus, OH 43219
614/383-1500
Fax: 614/383-1501
neil.mortine@fahlgren.com
Neil Mortine, President & CEO
Breakthrough results happen
because we raise the bar every
day. We blend experience, creativity
and innovation to get
results. And then some. The outcome
A client satisfaction rating
five times the national average.
Award-winning work with the
nation’s best brands including
McDonald’s, Kroger, Emerson,
Cardinal Health, Elmer’s,
Balloon Time, Worthington
Industries, Kidde, Sherwin-
Williams, Ohio Tourism
Division, Nationwide Children’s
Hospital, and Leggett & Platt.
The ability to reach audiences
Feintuch Communications staffers (L to R): Jules Abraham, Jeannine
Kilbride, Savannah Tikotsky, Christa Conte and Henry Feintuch.
globally through our involvement
with the Council of Public
Relations Firms and membership
in IPREX. And now since our
acquisition of Edward Howard,
we’re ranked #22.
Fahlgren Mortine. A leading,
independent firm with a full
range of public relations and marketing
communications services
under one roof, from heady issues
and crisis management counsel to
the creative and practical application
of new media — all to tell a
compelling story for our clients.
FEINTUCH
COMMUNICATIONS
245 Park Ave., 39th Flr.
New York, NY 10167
212/808-4901
Fax: 212/808-4915
info@feintuchpr.com
www.feintuchcommunications.com
www.ecpglobal.com
Henry Feintuch, President
Feintuch Communications is a
strategic relations firm that delivers
an integrated set of services including
public relations, investor relations
and marketing and creative
services. We enjoy decades of
experience in developing and
implementing successful technology
public relations programs for
organizations of all types and sizes
and have specific domain expertise
in technology, financial services,
healthcare and life sciences and
advertising & media.
For technology start-ups and
companies targeting the U.S.,
we’ve developed a business services
firm — JumpStart Global
Advisors (jumpstartglobal.com) —
that allows them to enter the market
quickly and efficiently — everything
from legal, accounting,
administrative, HR and recruitment
to business development and distribution
services — coupled with the
appropriately scaled public relations,
online and broad marketing
initiatives to generate inquiries.
Feintuch Communications is a
member of ECP Global, an international
alliance of premier independent
public relations consultancies.
FOODMINDS, LLC
One Tower Lane, Suite 2610
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
630/571-4150
Fax: 630/571-4226
info@foodminds.com
blayden@foodminds.com
lcubillos@foodminds.com
spitman@foodminds.com
www.foodminds.com
Laura Cubillos, RD, Bill
Layden, Sue Pitman, MA, RD,
Partners
A food and nutrition company
that harnesses science, public
affairs and communications,
FoodMinds’ vision is to be a trusted
partner in producing novel food
and nutrition positions and programs
that shape the future for its
clients. We apply knowledge, critical
thinking and industry connections
to help our clients tell a better
story that makes a difference. We
pride ourselves on the right mix of
talented, seasoned and motivated
professionals — registered dietitians,
consumer marketers, media
strategists, PhDs, science writers
and policy experts — to challenge
the status quo and achieve great
things for our clients.
FoodMinds clients include:
Applegate Farms, Bush Brothers
and Company, Distilled Spirits
Council of the United States,
Dairy Management Inc., Hass,
Avocado Board, Kashi Company,
Kellogg Company, National
Confectioners Association, and
Welch Foods Inc.
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