Worldcom Public Relations Group

Worldcom Public Relations Group is network of independently owned public relations firms. Worldcom has offices in 93 cities in 42 countries and revenue in 2006 of more than US $189.2 million. Established in 1988, The Worldcom Group was formed so that "independent public relations firms could serve national, international and multi-national clients while retaining the flexibility and client-service focus inherent in independent agencies", according to its website.

Work
Their work or practice groups are listed as:
 * Consumer
 * Crisis & Issues Management
 * Financial Services
 * Health Care
 * Investor Relations
 * Public Affairs, Energy & Environment
 * Technology Group
 * Travel & Tourism

Personnel
Group Board of Directors:
 * Chair Thomas B. Van Blarcom, TQPR, Bangkok, Thailand
 * Vice-Chair Melissa Sturges, Americas Region Chair, Sturges Word, Kansas City, Missouri
 * Douglas Wright, Asia Pacific Region Chair, Wrights, Melbourne, Australia
 * Diego Biasi, Europe/Middle East/Africa Region Chair, Chair-elect, Business Press, Milan, Italy
 * Secretary-Treasurer, Timothy Kane, Delta Media, Ottawa, Canada
 * Membership, Matt Kucharski, Padilla Speer Beardsley, Minneapolis, Minnesota
 * Past Chair, Jonathan Holt, Holt & Germann Public Affairs, L.L.C., Bridgewater, New Jersey

Americas Region Board of Directors:
 * Melissa Sturges, Chair Sturges Word, Kansas City, Missouri
 * John Bliss, Chair-elect, Bliss Gouverneur & Associates, Inc., New York, New York
 * Brian Bloom, Practice Groups, Liggett-Stashower Public Relations, Cleveland, Ohio
 * Jonathan Bloom, Strategic Plan, McGrath/Power Public Relations & Communications, Santa Clara, California
 * Angelica Consiglio, Latin America, Planin, Sao Paulo, Brazil
 * Hal Dash, Sponsorships, Cerrell Associates, Inc., Los Angeles, California
 * Marie-Josee Gagnon, Canada, Casacom, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 * Laura Hall, Marketing, Off Madison Ave, Tempe, Arizona
 * Matt Kucharski, Past Chair, Padilla Speer Beardsley Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
 * Neil McGlone, Membership Recruitment, Michael A. Burns & Associates, Dallas, Texas
 * Lore McManus Solo, Membership Retention, Strategic America, Des Moines, Iowa
 * Stefan Pollack, Treasurer, The Pollack PR Marketing Group, Los Angeles, California
 * Virginia Sheridan, Meetings, M. Silver Associates, New York, New York

Asia/Pacific Region Board of Directors:
 * Douglas Wright, Chair, Wrights, Melbourne & Sydney, Australia
 * Tom VanBlarcom, Past Chair, TQPR (Thailand) Co. Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
 * Jay Ahn, Membership, HPR & Company, Seoul, South Korea
 * Linda Fulford, Member, Fulford Public Relations, Singapore

Europe/Middle East/Africa Region Board of Directors:
 * Diego Biasi, Chair, Business Press, Milan, Italy
 * Crispin Manners, Chair-elect, Kaizo, London, United Kingdom
 * Evelyne Martin, Past Chair, Yucatan, Paris, France
 * John Dresser, Treasurer, Kestrel Worldcom UK, London, United Kingdom
 * Hubert Wisse, Membership, Wisse Kommunikatie/Worldcom The Netherlands, Arnhem, The Netherlands
 * Corinna Voss, Marketing, HBI, Munich, Germany

Contact details
World Headquarters 500 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1010 New York, NY 10110 USA

Office of the Chief Operating Officer 542 Allens Creek Road Rochester, NY 14618

Phone: 212-286-9550 Fax: 212-286-9003 Web: http://www.worldcomgroup.com/index1.cfm