About Kimball Hughes Public Relations Social Media Marketing company in Blue Bell, United States
Gary Kimball founded the agency in 1995 as Kimball Communications. After years working as a journalist and in corporate communications in the financial services industry Gary quickly built a specialty practice focused on communication excellence in insurance banking healthcare consumer products hospitality and technology.
In 2012 Rod Hughes joined the agency and spearheaded the agencys growth — broadening our scope with a team dedicated to the real estate legal trade association and other B2B specialties. In 2016 Rod became a partner in the agency and we changed our name to Kimball Hughes Public Relations the following year.
With diverse backgrounds as journalists and communication professionals our team members share critical industry knowledge insider experience and a singular focus on meeting client needs.
Gary has 37 years of experience in communications starting as a journalist and moving on to university and then financial services public relations where he led an award-winning crisis communications effort. Since founding Kimball Hughes PR in 1995 hes managed wide-ranging crises from financial difficulties data breaches and corporate misconduct to natural disasters sexual abuse and public health threats. He has been in the forefront of insurance communications in the U.S. UK and Bermuda markets for 25 years while building a leading healthcare practice at the agency.
Rod began his career 26 years ago as a local newspaper reporter and moved on to editorial roles with several insurance and legal trade publications before entering public relations. He joined Kimball Hughes PR in 2012 and became a partner in 2016. Rod has led thousands of communications campaigns in the insurance law technology hospitality real estate healthcare professional association management and other industries while also becoming a leading voice in crisis communications and reputation management.
A former business journalist and corporate communications professional Eileen brought valuable experience and skills to Kimball Hughes PR where she has steered B2B and B2C public relations campaigns and garnered impressive results for clients in the insurance industry and beyond. Early in her career she covered financial services and insurance for a variety of business publications and later led public relations campaigns for a Fortune 500 insurer and a variety of others top companies that raised brand awareness built thought leadership and changed public policy.
Sam has more than a decade of experience in B2B and nonprofit content development and social media management. She strategizes and manages thought-provoking content for our agencys clients including articles white papers blog posts case studies and social content. She also leads social media strategy development and content. Before joining our team in 2011 Sam was a freelance writer and worked on communications projects with nonprofits and community groups. She earned her degree in education studies from Hampshire College in Amherst Massachusetts and is pursuing a masters degree.
Liz came to Kimball Hughes PR 13 years ago from the healthcare and medical management industries and now handles a dual role for the agency. She oversees client reporting and media monitoring for all agency accounts while also coordinating account management accounts receivable finance and overseeing all human resources functions for the agency.
Ryan joined Kimball Hughes PR in 2016 after graduating from Penn State University with a degree in public relations and advertising and now manages real estate and trade association accounts. He also works on account teams for insurance and healthcare industry clients managing content marketing efforts across multiple platforms while supporting the agencys crisis communications team. He is on the board of the Cancer Support Community Greater Philadelphia on which is serves as secretary.
Hari writes social media posts branded content and press releases while also working on media outreach. He joined our team as an intern in 2018 and assumed a full-time role in 2019 after graduating from Boston College with a bachelors degree in communications. In college he worked as a marketing intern at McNeil Gray amp; Rice Communications pitching editorial content to executives in the manufacturing and security industries and as a communications assistant at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne Pennsylvania drafting media content.
Chris Winans works with Kimball Hughes Public Relations as a consultant focusing on financial communications strategy and crisis communications management. He has more than 30 years of experience as a journalist a Wall Street financial analyst a corporate and crisis communications advisor and a C-suite thought-leadership strategist. He has advised financial services companies – including global life and non-life insurers banks asset managers and management consultants among others – in both in-house and agency roles.
John Forberger is a Miami-based consultant with Kimball Hughes Public Relations focusing on communications strategy for technology ecommerce and creative businesses. Having worked both in-house and on the agency side for 14 years John has advised global companies – brand and retail vendors/partners – on how to get in front of the right audiences with the right messages.
Kyle Hardner works with Kimball Hughes Public Relations as a freelance writer and editor. A professional writer since age 13 Kyle spent 15 years managing multiple content channels (executive communications; external and internal blogs; Mamp;A communications; websites and microsites; consumer clinical and technical magazines) for Lehigh Valley Health Network a $2 billion health system in Pennsylvania. In addition to health care writing experience Kyle has guided B2B digital content strategies for numerous companies. Hes freelanced for the Philadelphia Daily News and Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger. His expertise includes health care insurance tech and logistics. Kyle holds a B.A. in communication from La Salle University in Philadelphia. Learn more on his website (http://hardnercommunications.com/)
Jen began her graphic design career as an intern with Kimball Hughes Public Relations in 2002 while attending Moravian College. After graduation she spent three years with a marketing and advertising agency before deciding to embrace her entrepreneurial spirit and start her own design business. She now works with Kimball Hughes Public Relations on a contract basis addressing our clients design needs from conceptualization through completion. Jen recently moved back to her hometown in Bucks County Pennsylvania with her husband and two children.
Elena is a public relations intern for Kimball Hughes PR. She is currently a junior at La Salle University where she majors in Communications and Public Relations and is working towards a Russian minor. In her current role Elena supports public relations managers with client projects developing social media content drafting press releases and other media materials. Prior to joining Kimball Hughes PR Elena interned at a financial firm where she worked closely with the marketing department specializing in client outreach. In the past she has honed her customer service skills in the food services industry. When she is not in the office or at class Elena enjoys blogging hiking and always checking out new coffee shops.
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