Bader Rutter & Associates

Bader Rutter & Associates (BR) is an independent, full-service, integrated marketing services agency headquartered in Brookfield, Wisconsin with service offices in Lincoln, Nebraska and Chicago, Illinois.

The Holmes Report noted in November 2001 that the firm was "once best known for its work in the agribusiness sector, Bader Rutter now generates about 60 percent of its revenues from non-agricultural clients." It added the BR's "PR department was founded when the agency was just five years old and provides about one-third of the firm's net income, reporting fees of around $4.9 million in 2000."

Clients
Current and former clients include:
 * Boise Cascade Office Products
 * Caterpillar
 * Dow AgroSciences
 * SC Johnson Professional
 * Merial
 * Schneider Electric
 * GE Healthcare

Income and employee totals
In May 2007, O'Dwyer's PR listed BR as earning $6,378,649 in net fees in 2006, up 7.1% on the previous year. It notes the firm has 48 employees. BR states on its website that it has 147 "associates".

As of 2008, BR has 150 employees and $19 million in gross revenue.

Personnel

 * Greg Nickerson CEO
 * Carol Gessert Vice-President

In October 2005, BR announced that Carol Gessert had been named vice president and chief financial officer of the marketing agency.

Contact information
Bader Rutter & Associates, Inc. 13845 Bishop's Dr. Brookfield, Wisconsin 53005 Phone: 262-784-7200 Fax: 262-938-5595 Web: http://www.bader-rutter.com

External articles

 * "PR Exec Nickerson Takes Helm at Bader-Rutter", Holmes Report, November 9, 2001.