Ginny Richardson
Founder and President

Ginny Richardson is one of those lucky folks who truly loves her work. In fact, her career in public relations began 30 years ago as a volunteer. No matter what club she joined or what group she belonged to, she took on the public relations, and she discovered a knack that evolved into a talent that evolved into a passion.

Finally, she got some guts and started charging. Her first client, a local dentist paid her $5 an hour (current fees are a tad higher).

During those 30+ years, she has been an associate editor of The Doings Newspaper, a director of public relations, a freelance writer for newspapers and magazines, a talk show host on both radio and TV, and a weekly columnist for ten years. By 1994, she had accumulated enough experience to pursue her company full-time. Today she presents an extensive list of distinguished clients in the fields of business, healthcare, legal, cultural arts and retail.

Ginny’s business is almost 100% media relations. She pitches story ideas to the writers and producers of radio, television, newspapers and magazines. She is “midwife to a feature story” whether that story ends up on the 5 p.m. news or as a feature in a local paper. Ginny has solid relationships with the reporters and columnists of Chicago and suburban newspapers.

Ginny is a member of the Publicity Club of Chicago (PCC), the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), and the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign.

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Andy Richardson
Vice President

Andy Richardson works with a wide variety of industries including clients in business, not-for-profit, and entertainment.

In 2004 and again in 2005, Andy received Chicago’s top PR honor – the Golden Trumpet Award from the Publicity Club of Chicago (PCC) for excellence in public relations – marketing. Competition in this category is intense, and Andy’s campaigns were judged the best of the best.

In 2006 Andy received the Silver Trumpet Award for distinguished achievement in public relations from the Publicity Club of Chicago (PCC) in the events marketing category.

Andy has been awarded one of Today’s Young Executives of 2004 by The Business Ledger and Elmhurst College Center for Professional Excellence.

In addition to his public relations responsibilities, Andy is director of Free Speech, a 170-member speaker’s bureau for which all speakers provide presentations in their area of expertise, at no charge, to Chicagoland organizations and groups.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.

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