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- On April 22, 2008, Qorvis announced that Sol Levine, former CNN, NBC News and ABC News producer, has joined the firm as Senior Director. Levine served as Executive Producer for CNN’s White House Coverage and CNN’s global news program WorldView. He also produced news stories for NBC Nightly News and NBC’s The Today Show, as well as on-air and online news programming at ABC News. He will provide Qorvis clients media strategy council, media training and media relations consultation.
- Qorvis announced today a series of 14 new hires in recent months to complement new business growth. In addition, on March 10, the public relations ranking publisher O’Dwyer Company moved Qorvis up on its Top-10 independent public relations firms list to the sixth spot, reflecting the more than 20 percent growth Qorvis experienced in 2007. Major new clients in 2007 included Keep America Beautiful, the Virginia Lottery, the Digital Media Association, VisualCV and MedImmune. In 2008, Qorvis has won several contracts including the American Cable Association, Wireless Innovation Alliance and Career College Association.
- Qorvis' Petruzzello Honored by Sons of Italy Foundation - Firm’s Managing Partner to Be Given Excellence in Business Award - Washington, DC – February 27, 2008 – Michael Petruzzello, founding and managing partner of Qorvis Communications, one of the largest independent advertising and public relations firms in the country, will receive the Excellence in Business Award from the Sons of Italy Foundation at a May 22, black tie dinner in Washington, DC.
- SaveNetRadio Campaign a Finalist for PRWeek “Crisis/Issues Management Campaign of the Year” - As announced in the January 14, 2008 issue of PRWeek, the SaveNetRadio campaign was one of the national finalists in the category of crisis/issues management campaigns. Winners of this award will be announced on March 6th. Additional information on the SaveNetRadio campaign can be found at: http://www.qorvis.com/driving_results/savenetradio.html.
- Qorvis Senior Associate Named One of PRWeek’s “40 Under 40” – Vijay Raghavan, senior associate at Qorvis, was named one of PRWeek’s “40 Under 40.” This prestigious annual list identifies and profiles 40 PR pros, nominated by industry peers, who have achieved tremendous feats before they turn 40.
Qorvis in the News
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A PR Firm That Actually Knows How to Relate, The Washington Post, October 27, 2006.
Washington Post’s Columnist Steven Pearlstein features Qorvis
Events
- Qorvis Issues Backgrounder on Effective Coalition Building - On December 10, 2007, Qorvis hosted a luncheon seminar at the Hay Adams for association executives on the topic of effective coalition building. The expert panel included Qorvis partner Maura Corbett; Andrew Noyes, senior writer at the National Journal’s Tech Daily; Frannie Wellings, legislative assistant with the Office of Senator Dorgan; Gary Andres, vice chair of public policy at Dutko Worldwide, and Gigi Sohn, president of Public Knowledge. For a backgrounder on coalition building and campaign implementation, click here.
- Qorvis Partner Speaks to Harvard Business School Audience - On December 6, 2007 Qorvis Communications Partner Don Goldberg addressed the Harvard Business School (HBS) through its Outstanding Speakers Series, a year-long program designed to expose the Public Speaking Club and the rest of the HBS community to some of the greatest speakers in the world...
- YouthAIDS Gala Raises $1.7 Million for Fight Against HIV/AIDS - For the third straight year, Qorvis supported the annual YouthAIDS gala, held on November 2nd at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner...
- Qorvis Creative Services Director to Speak at Web 2.0 Conference - Qorvis Creative Services Director, Jason Siegel, will be a panelist and moderator for the upcoming conference, “The New New Internet Conference...