- Vocus, Inc., PR software producer in Lanham, Md., raises $5 million in venture capital to be used for acquisitions and to open offices in Chicago and the U.K.
- PR Newswire becomes the official newswire at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists 2001 convention due to its extensive reach into U.S. Hispanic newsrooms.
- Alison Canning, founder and managing director of U.K.-based consulting firm First&42nd, joins Edelman Worldwide as president of international operations, overseeing 30
offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Canada.
- Burson-Marsteller appoints Jay Ziegler as managing director of its California issues and campaign management group. He's a veteran of the U.S. Department of the Interior
and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
- Washington DC-area Fenton Communications heads west to pursue growing public interest and philanthropy activity in the Golden State. Its West Coast Division opens in San
Francisco.
- Cooper Iverson Marketing, a San Diego-based high-tech PR agency, launches an investor relations practice in Los Angeles. Jane Welch becomes director of investor
relations.
- Lee Duffey, president/founder of Duffey Communications, Atlanta, is tapped for the Young Presidents' Organization, a group of 1,000 young influential business
leaders.