Public Affairs Agency of the Year: Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications
“Arguably the best public affairs firm beyond the Washington, D.C., marketplace, Boston-based Rasky Baerlein specializes in developing and executing strategic public relations and public affairs programs, from providing executive-level communications counsel to managing a crisis to winning a referendum. Its capabilities include corporate communications counsel, media, government, investor and media relations, crisis and reputation management, community affairs, integrated communications, re-branding/re-positioning, and grassroots initiatives and lobbying, and it has sector expertise in education, energy and the environment, financial services, healthcare, non-profit, real estate, retail, and sports. Last year saw the expansion of the firm’s D.C. operation with the addition of… new business from clients such as Iron Mountain, MediaCom, Cambridge Consultants, Emerald Development, St Raphael’s Healthcare, Next Street, and CeltiCare Health Plans of Massachusetts, contributing to 8 percent revenue growth (fees are around $8.8 million) and joining a roster that includes the Boston Red Sox, MasterCard, Toyota, Eli Lilly and GDF Suez.”
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