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About Allison + Partners PR company in Dallas, United States

Allison+Partners is a new kind of global communications agency. With 27 offices and more than 300 employees worldwide, we’re large enough to handle complex assignments, yet small enough to be nimble in our approach. With one global P+L, we are able to put

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Andy Hardie-Brown is the co-architect of one of the fastest growing global communications agencies anywhere on the planet. His background in building fast-growth entrepreneurial companies – and 35 years of senior-level management experience in marketing services firms – has helped Allison+Partners gain recognition as a compelling alternative to the large multinational-owned players.

Today the agency is recognized as a worldwide business partner that is uniquely suited to respond to client needs at the pace which dynamic marketplaces demand. Under his strategic approach to Mamp;A and talent acquisition Allison+Partners has grown to thirty offices within the past seventeen years. As a result his vision of creating a world-class communications firm that addresses the need for a vibrant alternative to the monolithic multinational-owned PR and advertising agencies and small single geography firms has become a reality.

Jonathan is a co-founder and partner at Allison+Partners as well as a trusted adviser to some of todays best-known technology brands. In his role as global president he focuses on the growth and operations of the agencys two largest regions Asia and the U.S. Jonathan also serves as global chair of the Technology practice spearheading work in both the consumer and B2B categories.

He began his career in Allison+Partners#39; Los Angeles office building its profile in the consumer digital entertainment and technology spaces and helping to usher in the modern social media age working with clients like YouTube and the original MySpace. More recently his work for clients including Samsung and Google have contributed to the firms continued growth and industry recognition including PRWeeks Midsize Agency of The Year.

Jonathans work has earned him numerous industry accolades and regular appearances as a media commentator for international news outlets. Jonathan received a Bachelor#39;s degree from Cornell University and previously freelanced as a music journalist and blogger. He lives outside of NYC with his wife two children and their rescue pup Obi.

Scott is a co-founder of the agency and leads Allison+Partners Social Impact group. He developed the agencys proprietary Corporate Socialanthropy™ process which helps corporations identify social impact partners and builds the foundation for long-term campaigns that incorporate employee recruitment and retention programs internal and external communications and cause-related marketing strategies.

In addition to creating cause initiatives for numerous brands and charity organizations Scott has extensive experience providing communications and crisis counsel to nonprofit organizations and developing board and ambassador training programs.

Prior to Allison+Partners Scott opened the Los Angeles office of Connors Communications and spent eight years with The Gable Group. Previously he worked with the City of San Diego and helped to launch the Aaron Price Fellows as one of its original facilitators.

Scott teaches sponsorship and cause marketing courses through UCLA Extension speaks globally on cause-related marketing and serves on nonprofit boards and advisory committees including: Adopt-A-Classroom City Scholars Foundation West Valley YMCA and the Southern California Leadership Network. He sponsors the Enid Ruth Pansky Aspire Award at Arizona States Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and is a patron of San Diego State Universitys School of Journalism and Media Studies providing a founding gift to the Glen M. Broom Center for Professional Development in Public Relations.

An expert brand strategist and marketer Anne excels at using insight to help brands connect with consumers in meaningful ways. As President of North America she is accountable for the financial performance new business and management of the agencys 13 U.S. offices.

Since joining Allison+Partners in 2007 Anne has played an integral role in growing the Consumer practice as well as Allison+Partners U.S. footprint. She has introduced numerous internal policies and staff development programs contributing to Allison+Partners designation as a PRWeek Best Place to Work. Shes led several award-winning campaigns for Progressive Insurance and provides ongoing counsel to such clients as PepsiCo Seventh Generation and Danone North America among others. A dynamic and innovative leader Anne was the agencys first and youngest female partner was named one of PRWeeks ’40 Under 40’ in 2014 and has earned industry recognition from PRWeek The Holmes Report AdAge and the Public Relations Society of America.

An award-winning PR executive with more than 25 years of experience Matthew leads the firms Corporate practice and oversees the growth and development of our European offices. He has extensive global experience helping businesses and organizations across industries grow and evolve.

Matthew#39;s expertise includes reputation management corporate brand positioning thought leadership and executive visibility change management B2B marketing social impact C-suite counsel crisis and issues management integrated communications influencer engagement business and financial media and transaction communications.

He is a regular speaker at the Public Relations Society of America#39;s annual conference in IR Magazine workshops and has served as a guest lecturer at New York University Manhattanville College Salem State University and in Columbia University#39;s Strategic Communications graduate program. Matthew graduated with honors from Manhattanville College where he was an All-American Scholar Athlete and attended St. Catherines University Oxford. He lives in Boston and spends as much time as he can in Vermont with his wife and daughters.

As global chief financial officer Julia oversees all financial and administrative activities for Allison+Partners.

She previously served as director of M+A and corporate development for Dentsu Network overseeing strategic acquisitions and divestitures of domestic and international operations. Prior to Dentsu Julia worked for KPMG in London Zurich Pittsburgh and New York on international M+A advisory and audit engagements across multiple industries.

Julia is a chartered accountant (ACA) with a B.Sc. from Imperial College in London. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children.

Brian has more than 20 years of experience in public affairs and advocacy with expertise in grassroots outreach coalition-building and political intelligence. His work has spanned numerous sectors. He has a deep expertise however working with clients in healthcare including the Healthcare Leadership Council Pharmaceutical and Research Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) FDA and Tivity Health (Healthways) Inc. Brian speaks regularly on topics ranging from federal legislation to healthcare and has served as a moderator at hundreds of Congressional meetings. A member of the State Bar of Georgia he earned his bachelor of arts degree cum laude from the University of Florida and received his J.D. degree with honors from the University of Florida College of Law.

Jordan Fischler oversees the consumer technology practice for Allison+Partners. In her more than 14 years at the agency she has focused on PR strategy and implementation for technology products and services as well as consumer brands and digital media companies with an eye toward driving consumer adoption. She has played a senior role with IKEA YouTube Mozilla the launch of MySpace as well as PR product strategy and support for a wide variety of Samsung consumer and B2B products.

She leads teams that regularly push beyond the technology pubs and reviewers to showcase how a product or service impacts the consumer. She guides teams in the implementation of award winning product launches review programs and influencer strategies spanning platforms. She has worked extensively on client events including tradeshows celebrity red-carpet events and media roundtables as well as worked closely with clients to drive impactful thought leadership programs.

Throughout her career Jordan has garnered numerous awards for campaigns from the launch of American Idol Underground the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation Samsung and Real Mex Restaurants. She was also recently named one of PRWeeks 2017 ’40 Under 40.’ She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis with a major in Psychology and a minor in Business.

Courtney develops and leads programs to enhance the technical expertise and leadership skills of 300+ junior- mid- and senior-level Allison+Partners employees in North America Europe and Asia including live events and webinars online learning mentoring global exchange and employee awards. During her tenure with the firm Courtney has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco developing and teaching courses in social impact PR and social media.

Prior to founding the learning department in 2010 she built and managed Allison+Partners Social Impact group in Northern California helping nonprofit organizations corporations and government agencies drive positive social change through communications.

Before joining Allison+Partners in 2003 Courtney led community and media relations for Womens Initiative for Self Employment a nonprofit organization that helps low-income women start their own businesses. She began her communications career at Alexander Ogilvy Public Relations where she focused on thought leadership and holds a masters degree in public relations from the University of Denver and a bachelors degree in in English from UCLA.

Cathy is a partner and the global president of All Told the firms global integrated marketing offering. In her role she focuses on evolving the agencys capabilities into storytelling services critical for program success and has oversight of the content digital creative research and analytics teams. She brings 25 years of experience in all facets of branding lead generation public relations strategic planning employee engagement and executive communications and has worked with clients such as Toyota Lexus Dignity Health International Game Technology The Economist IZEA and Motorola among others.

Cathy began her tenure at Allison+Partners as general manager of the Phoenix office where she quickly grew a team of three people into an office producing more than $5 million in annual revenue. In recognition of her accomplishments she was named to PRWeeks inaugural ’Champions in PR’ list. Passionate about volunteering and her work with nonprofit organizations she served as the vice president of communications for the Junior League of Phoenix cofounded the Power Lunch series with IABC to provide communications counsel to area nonprofits and was previously a board member of the Phoenix Public Relations Society. Cathy served as an adjunct professor at Arizona State University and led the development of the Professional Sales and Marketing standardized test for high school students in conjunction with the Arizona Skill Standards Commission. She received a Masters of Business Administration Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Nevada Las Vegas and is accredited by both the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and Public Relations Society of America (APR).

Lisa Rosenberg is a creative instigator known for her ability to develop integrated solutions that keep people engaged. With an eye on creativity and storytelling that is always on point Lisa has been a hands-on force behind many successful brand journeys. She spent the last 25 years developing award-winning campaigns for major consumer brands and has launched every shaving innovation for Gillette from Sensor to Fusion ProGlide helped Mamp;Ms put the color purple in the bag introduced clean diesel technology for Mercedes-Benz brought the Cronut to SXSW and was the creative force behind Driscolls Rose berries.

At Allison+Partners Lisa serves as President Consumer Brands providing dedicated leadership to the practice and working with teams on creative strategy and idea generation to deliver award-winning work for clients. Lisa works with teams supporting a wide variety of clients including American Airlines Kimpton Hotels amp; Restaurants Driscolls Invitae PepsiCo Samsung Auntie Annes Naf Naf Grill and Sees Candies among others.

Lisa also founded and leads the agencys creative team serves as a mentor on the agencys Womens Leadership Program and runs creativity training throughout the organization. A noted industry leader Lisa is often quoted on brand and marketing trends and has served on numerous award juries including The Clios Brand Film Festival Sabre Awards Silver Anvils Snackable Content and PRWeek Awards among others. She has been recognized by PRWeek as a Champion of PR and has won more than 35 awards on behalf of her clients.

Jim oversees the business operations growth and staff development of Allison+Partners UK + Ireland teams. He also provides strategic counsel to a variety of clients in the region including UL Seventh Generation IKEA Cortland Partners Dexcom and Ascott. Jims rich 20-year career has spanned consumer corporate and entertainment sectors. Prior to joining Allison+Partners he spent nine years working in various roles at London-based freuds. There he oversaw the global corporate affairs brief for Mars Incorporated with a focus on media relations strategy and activation and supported corporate communications efforts for UK supermarket ASDA. During his time in the

consumer practice Jim was the business director on Sky Broadcasting and worked on the Diageo and Mars accounts as well as Visit London. Prior to that he ran the film team working major U.S. and U.K. film distributors on festival corporate unit theatrical and home entertainment campaigns. Jim began his career at Rogers amp; Cowan in Los Angeles where he worked across a combination of entertainment and consumer programmes. Jim graduated from the University of Manchester and lives in his hometown of London with his wife and two children.

Tom is a strategic highly skilled corporate communications professional with a proven 24+ year track record of leading and implementing corporate campaign programs. Tom has led numerous multi-million-dollar global accounts and as president of Allison+Partners#39; North American corporate practice he brings deep capability in numerous industries including financial services hospitality professional services technology education healthcare and industrial supply. His specialties include integrated communications corporate brand positioning thought leadership executive visibility B2B marketing influencer management media relations and investor relations.

Tom spent more than a decade at Ogilvy PR as an executive vice president leading the firms New York corporate practice. Before joining Ogilvy PR Tom was a vice president in the corporate communications group at Fleishman-Hillard where he provided qualitative and quantitative investor relations analysis shareholder identification and industry research. Tom was also a senior account supervisor with GCI Group and early in his career he worked at Makovsky + Company a New York-based investor and public relations firm.

Tom received his bachelor#39;s degree in communications from Marquette University in Milwaukee. He has also been a guest speaker at the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) Annual Conference New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) and Marquette University. Tom is an avid golfer and played at the Division 1 level.

As a recognized thought leader in the industry David specializes in navigating the unique communications and marketing challenges clients face in China. He advises multinationals expanding into the region and guides Chinese companies on communications strategies when entering international markets. David#39;s book ’Public Relations in China: Building and Defending your Brand in the PRC’ was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2015.

Prior to joining Allison+Partners David served as president and chief executive officer of Wolf Group Asia (WGA) a Beijing-based strategic corporate communications advisory firm. Serving clients such as Discovery Networks Motorola Mobility Google Foxconn Blizzard AOL About.com and Irdeto WGA won both client and industry accolades and was named Asia-Pacific Boutique Consultancy of the Year by The Holmes Report. Prior to WGA he led the Asia-Pacific Technology Practice for Burson-Marsteller and was the managing director and chief operating officer of Claydon Gescher Associates (CGA) a boutique strategy and public affairs consultancy based in Beijing.

David lived in China for nearly two decades and now divides his time between China and the U.S. He holds a Master#39;s of international management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a Bachelor of Arts in international relations from the University of California Davis. In addition to English he is fluent in Mandarin and Spanish. David blogs at Silicon Hutong and The Peking Review.

Jerry oversees business operations growth and client service for the Beijing Shanghai and Chengdu offices fostering expansion throughout the region. He is a recognized expert in corporate communications with experience in crisis management public affairs B2B and technology counseling clients such as Schneider Electric Trina Solar and iRobot.

Prior to joining Allison+Partners Jerry founded and was general manager of Century PR a boutique agency focused on corporate communications. Clients included Honeywell Zynga Happy Life and CITIC group. Previously he held senior positions at several global agencies including PPR FleishmanHillard Hill amp; Knowlton Manning Selvage amp; Lee and Burson-Marsteller.

Jerry served as a member of the core communications team for the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee providing counsel and crisis management to the government agency. He spent his early career as a diplomat before entering the public relations industry. Jerry holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of International Studies and a post graduate diploma in public relations from Beijing University.

Allison+Partners culture truly defines the agency. In this highly entrepreneurial environment employees are encouraged to pursue their individual passions and are empowered to do things differently. Our team members create new service offerings seek out new clients theyre passionate about volunteer in local communities and create cross-office committees focused on making our workplace fun and inclusive.

Our unique one P+L structure means no internal turf wars over business or corporate politics that distract from our focus on the work. This fuels a genuine sense of camaraderie and a culture of creativity and collaboration you simply dont find at other agencies.

At Allison+Partners citizenship is not just a word but a commitment to the communities where we work live and play. Since our inception weve pioneered the idea of social impact. But it isnt just about consulting nonprofits and corporations on their cause platforms. Its about actually donating time money and services to worthy organizations. From developing campaigns for national and regional charities such as Big Brothers Big Sisters to AdoptAClassroom.org to helping to develop curriculum at local universities and national conferences we empower our team members to pursue their individual passions to do good.

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