If this were Major League Baseball it would be like the Boston Red Sox luring one of the New York Yankees' ace hitters up to Beantown (or vice versa) during the pennant
stretch.
Himler, who starts work today as Edelman's executive Vice President and Chief Media Officer (a new position), jumped to Edelman late last month after spending the last 11 years
at rival Burson-Marsteller, where he was Managing Director and global spokesperson.
At Edelman, Himler will lead the 20-member plus national media relations team as well as develop media strategies throughout the entire firm. Himler, president of The
Publicity Club of New York (http://www.publicityclub.org), is active with the Center for Communication (http://www.cencom.org), and sits on the Executive Advisory Board for the Communications and Media Studies Program at Tufts
University...Contact: Pam Talbot, 312.240.2658, [email protected].