Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications

Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications (RBSC) is a public relations company headquartered in Boston with an office in Washington D.C. They do not disclose a client list on their website.

Work
Their PR work includes "defeating a referendum, quelling an emerging crisis, or stopping harmful legislation." Examples:
 * Lobbying
 * State & municipal procurement
 * Political analysis
 * Grassroots organizing and coalition building
 * Ballot question management
 * Crisis and reputation management
 * Media relations
 * Media training (of the client), "Squeezing your message into a 15-second sound byte, answering convoluted questions clearly, recognizing baited questions — these are among the challenges presented when working with the media"

Personnel
Top executives:
 * Joe Baerlein, President
 * Ann Carter, CEO
 * Larry Rasky, Chairman

Income and employee totals
RBSC earned $7,294,321 in net fees in 2007, up 10.6% on the previous year. The firm has 32 employees.

PR Week ranked Rasky Baerlein as the forty-eighth largest independent PR agency in the United States in 2008, with 2007 revenue of $7,783,283, a 10% increase from the previous year's total revenue of $7,069,163. The ranking also notes its staff total of 34 (2006 total: 32), with $228,920 in revenue per employee.

Contact details
70 Franklin Street, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02110 Phone: (617) 443-9933 Fax: (617) 443-9944 Email: hbrady AT rasky.com Web: http://www.rasky.com