Aileen Katcher, APR, Fellow PRSA, will take part in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Neighborhood Networks 2008 Regional Technical Assistance Workshop at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel on Friday, April 25. The workshop will host members of Neighborhood Networks from across the Southeast who are responsible for promoting technology centers in their area. These Neighborhood Networks centers across the country provide adults with the skills they need to compete in today’s job market, help youth achieve greater academic success and teach seniors how to use technology to connect with their family and friends.
During this session, attendees will learn about the various distribution outlets that can be used to promote their center and how to work with the media to increase awareness of their center with the greater community.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – October 16, 2007 – Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Public Relations, Inc. (KVBPR) is one of the top 40 health-care public relations firms in the United States, according to O’Dwyer’s PR Report rankings released this month.
KVBPR was one of only two firms in the Southeast named in the top 40 and ranked 40th with net professional fee income from health care clients of $683,000 in 2006. KVPBR’s health care work includes strategic counsel, planning and implementation for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Hospital Alliance of Tennessee, Tennessee Medical Association, Nashville Healthcare Council, The Blakeford, Gemino Healthcare Finance and Aegis Sciences Corp.
“Our location in Nashville, the nation’s health care capital, gives us an inside perspective on the industry,” said Aileen Katcher, KVBPR founding partner. “Our broad-range of health care experience, including technology, managed care and insurance, providers and health-care associations places us in a very competitive position with other firms in the country.”
The health-care and medical public relations firm rankings included 80 firms, based on net fee income from health-care and medical clients, and were published by O’Dwyer’s PR Report, a monthly publication covering the public relations industry.
About Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Public Relations
Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Public Relations, Inc. (KVBPR) works with clients in health care, real estate growth and development, business to consumer and other fields to position those companies strategically with the people who matter most. KVBPR (www.kvbpr.com) develops and implements programs designed to align interests, build relationships and create success. The firm is a partner in WORLDCOM, a global consortium of independently owned public relations counseling firms.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Public Relations, Inc. (KVBPR) has promoted Mollie Henry to account supervisor.
Previously a senior account executive at KVBPR, Henry joined the firm in 1998. She has spent the last nine years developing her skills for clients in the professional services, real estate, technology and manufacturing industries. As an account supervisor, Henry is responsible for the strategic development and implementation of integrated communication plans, managing client accounts and day-to-day account staff leadership.
A member of the Nashville chapter of the American Marketing Association, Henry holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia in Athens and a master’s in business administration from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Public Relations, Inc. (KVBPR) has hired Margie Hall as account executive and Georgia Fogle as administrative assistant.
As an account executive, Hall’s responsibilities include media relations, program implementation and managing day-to-day communications for client accounts. Before joining KVBPR, she served as the manager of communications for the national nonprofit KaBOOM! Hall holds a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.
Fogle performs and coordinates clerical and administrative activities for the staff members of KVBPR. Previously, she worked at the Nashville City Club and served as the office coordinator for Access III of the Lower Cape Fear, Inc. in Wilmington, N.C., a nonprofit that assists Carolina Access Medicaid patients.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Stephen Horton has been promoted to an account executive position at Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Public Relations, Inc. (KVBPR).
Horton has served as an associate account executive since joining KVBPR in 2005. At KVBPR, he has worked with clients in the health care, real estate and engineering industries.
As an account executive, Horton is responsible for graphic design projects, business development, media relations and managing day-to-day communications with client accounts. Horton manages the firm’s internal marketing. Before joining KVBPR, he was the communications and membership director for the Tennessee Wildlife Federation (TWF).
Horton holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from The University of Tennessee and serves on the Young Professionals Committee for the Nashville Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – May 8, 2007 – Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Public Relations, Inc. (KVBPR) has hired Holley Stein as an account executive. Stein’s responsibilities at KVBPR include counseling, strategic planning, media relations and community outreach.
Prior to joining KVBPR, Stein served as a public relations specialist and district marketing manager of events for Borders Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, where her responsibilities were not limited to event planning and community and media relations for its field and corporate marketing, real estate, and merchandising departments.
Stein holds a bachelor’s degree in English and English Literature from Washington University in St. Louis.
KVBPR won six awards, three Parthenon Awards and three Awards of Merit, at the 21st Annual Parthenon Awards presented by the Nashville Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).
The firm was recognized for our outstanding work on the following projects and programs:
Parthenon Awards:
Integrated Communications – Legends Ridge
Special Events – 2006 Worldcom Conference
Audiovisual, Video Program – BCBST Healthy Competition DVD
Awards of Merit:
Electronic Newsletters – BCBST eclips Newsletter
Poster, Displays or Exhibits – Treasures of Ancient Egypt Sponsorship Poster
Feature Writing – SSR Columns
The Parthenon Awards recognize excellence in public relations programming and activities. The competition is administered by the Nashville Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), the world’s largest organization for public relations professionals, representing business and industry, technology, counseling firms, government, associations, hospitals, schools, professional services firms and nonprofit organizations.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – April 17, 2007 – The Country Music Association (CMA) has hired Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Public Relations (KVBPR) to help increase organizational awareness and promote its core initiatives in Middle Tennessee through media and community relations.
CMA has achieved international success over the past half-century, bolstered by the renowned CMA Awards and the CMA Music Festival, which benefits music education in Metro Nashville public schools through the “Keep the Music Playing” program. CMA’s success is due in part to the more than 6,000 organizational and individual members in 41 countries.
KVBPR has focused on building success for their diverse group of clients for more than 10 years. The addition of CMA builds on this list, which includes companies in the health care, consumer goods and services and real estate growth and development industries.
About CMA
Based in Nashville, Tenn., the Country Music Association (CMA), www.cmaworld.com, advances Country Music globally, while impacting our communities locally. The 49-year-old trade association has 6,000 organizational and individual members in 41 countries and was the first trade organization dedicated to one genre of music.
KATCHER VAUGHN & BAILEY PUBLIC RELATIONS PROMOTES SCHABLIK; ADDS MARTIN TO STAFF
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Feb. 6, 2007 - Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Public Relations, Inc. (KVBPR) has promoted Heather Schablik to senior account executive and hired Mary Katherine Martin as an associate account executive.
Schablik, previously an account executive, joined KVBPR in 2000 as an intern. She has spent the last seven years developing her skills for clients in the financial services, insurance and hospitality industries. As senior account executive, Schablik is responsible for supervising account staff, assisting with plan development and managing client accounts.
A past winner of the Mercury Award, presented to an outstanding young professional by the Nashville Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Schablik serves as co-chair of the program committee for the organization.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis in public relations from the University of Georgia in Athens.
Before joining KVBPR, Martin served as director of corporate communications for Davidson, Golden & Lundy in Brentwood. While at Davidson, Golden & Lundy, Martin was responsible for managing the firm’s Web site, marketing, coordinating speaking engagements and special events, while also assisting with numerous communications projects.
Martin holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Public Relations will open its new offices on Tuesday, Jan. 2, in the landmark L&C Tower at the corner of Fourth and Church in downtown Nashville.
The new address will be 401 Church Street, Suite 2100, Nashville, TN, 37219.
KVBPR will be closed during the week of Dec. 25 for the holidays (and moving a few boxes) and will open on Tuesday, Jan. 2, in the new location. Our telephone (615.248.8202) and fax (615.248.8120) numbers will remain the same.
