-White+Partners adds Andrea Tilley as an account supervisor overseeing Member Value programs for the Produce Marketing Association account. She comes to White+Partners from the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) in Alexandria where she orchestrated all membership-marketing initiatives for the association’s more than 20,000 associates. Prior to ACRP, she worked at several agencies and institutions in the Greater National Capital Region, including Toro Advertising, The George Washington University, and Zimmerman Advertising.
- DPR Group promoted Jeanne Zepp to senior account executive. Zepp joined the staff of the full-service public relations and marketing firm in March 2007 as an account executive and currently manages the day-to-day marketing and PR activities of four key client accounts.
- The RP3 Agency adds Chris Sheldon as associate creative director and Amanda Marinelli as account coordinator. Sheldon joins after collaborating with the agency on numerous projects over the past few months. Prior to joining RP3, he served in a similar position at Arnold’s DC office, where he spearheaded work for Choice Hotels, Amtrak and the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism.He has also worked at Ogilvy and Leo Burnett in Chicago and TBWA/Chiat Day in New York. Marinelli is a recent graduate of the University of Kentucky with a major in Integrated Strategic Communications
-The US High Speed Rail Association appointed Hill & Knowlton as its communications agency of record as it seeks to intensify its advocacy for high speed rail development in America. H&K was selected based on its network reach and transportation credentials, reports The Holmes Report.
- LM&O Advertising has been chosen by The Fairmont Washington, D.C., a four-diamond hotel in the DC's fashionable West End, to produce a monthly e-newsletter and to build a website featuring Fairmont’s meeting and event catering capabilities. The new online campaign will match The Fairmont’s image of style and luxury and more effectively reach their customers, who spend much of their time online. The campaign will also eliminate paper waste, which supports The Fairmont’s environmental initiatives.
- Bean Creative has launched a new web site for WETA-TV's primetime news and public affairs program, Washington Week with Gwen Ifill. The firm said the site includes several social networking features, as well as content management tools that allow producers to better manage and update the site.
-Baltimore-based Abel Communications adds Force 3 and GoBeyondIT. Abel will provide Force 3 and GoBeyondIT with strategic communications services, including message development, copy writing, media relations, and social media strategy and implementation.
Based in Crofton, Md., Force 3 has grown to 300 employees and offers technology solutions to government agencies and partners. Services include security, data center and unified communications and collaboration. Founded in 1991, the company has been recognized as one of Cisco’s top 5 Federal Gold Partners and recently opened a new office in Herndon, VA, to support its growing government business.
GoBeyond IT is an IT provider for the small- and medium-sized business market, specializing in hosted desktop services. GoBeyondIT allows clients to deploy desktops and applications without the associated cost and burden of owning, managing or supporting technology.