CONTACT: Renate Geerlings
Qorvis Communications
202-448-3133
rgeerlings@qorvis.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Qorvis Recruits Stan Collender
Veteran Budget Expert Brings Wealth of Financial Communications Experience

Washington, DC - April 5, 2006 - With more then two decades of experience in financial and public affairs, Stan Collender, well known federal budget expert, has joined Qorvis Communications as Managing Director.

Collender comes to Qorvis from Financial Dynamics, where he established and managed its Washington, DC office. Collender will provide Qorvis’ clients with a broad range of services that include financial communications, public affairs and media training.

 “Few people in Washington have the credibility with the financial and public affairs media that Stan has,” said Qorvis Managing Partner Michael Petruzzello. “Stan’s understanding of how Washington and Wall Street work and how to communicate complex financial and public affairs issues will provide our clients with an extraordinary resource available nowhere else.”

Prior to Financial Dynamics, Collender was national director of public affairs and Washington director of financial communications for Fleishman-Hillard.  He has also worked in senior positions for two international accounting firms—Price Waterhouse and Touche Ross.

“You can’t help but be impressed with what Qorvis does for its clients,” Collender said. “Qorvis has the reputation for consistently doing outstanding work.”

Collender, who is frequently interviewed by print and electronic journalists and often speaks to corporate and other groups across the country about the federal budget, will also join Qorvis’ media and presentation training teams.  “Stan’s experience in front of the camera and talking to high-level corporate audiences gives him a perspective and experience that few other communications professionals have,” Petruzzello said.

Collender will continue to write, “Budget Battles,” his popular weekly column published for the past nine years by nationaljournal.com.

Collender can be contacted at (office) 202-448-3131, (cell) 703-408-1007, and at scollender@qorvis.com

About Qorvis Communications, LLC.

Qorvis Communications is a client service driven public relations firm.  Formed in August 2000, Qorvis has offices in Washington, DC, and McLean, Va., and provides its clients with expertise in the areas of investor and financial relations, public affairs, grassroots campaigns, public and media relations, marketing communications, Internet-based campaigns and research and opinion surveys.  The Washington, DC-based law firm Patton Boggs is an investor in and strategic partner to Qorvis.  For more information, visit www.qorvis.com.  For Qorvis news, visit www.qorvisnews.com.