Manning Selvage & Lee Adds Experts in Reputation Management and Corporate Social Responsibility to Growing North American Corporate Practice

Manning Selvage & Lee (MS&L) today announced it has added two senior communications professionals to its growing corporate practice in North America: David Chamberlin as senior vice president, based in Dallas, and Karyn Margolis as vice president for corporate social responsibility (CSR), based in New York.  Both appointments are effective immediately.

The former general manager of Edelman’s Shanghai, China office, Chamberlin is an expert in national business and technology media relations, reputation management, cross-border counselling, and crisis and financial communications.  At MS&L, he will be responsible for managing national programs for Huawei, Chase Paymentech and Entrust, three of the agency’s Dallas-based clients.  He will also be responsible for generating new business and growth opportunities in the southwest market. 

Margolis, a former press secretary for New York City Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, has counseled companies such as Merck, Heinz, Kraft, AstraZeneca, Wyeth and AIG on the development of CSR programs.  She will be responsible for developing CSR platforms, writing CSR reports and related communications materials, stakeholder engagement and media relations strategies, as well as overall program implementation.  She will also serve as the New York office’s liaison to MS&L’s global ECO network. 

“David and Karyn’s expertise in reputation management, international financial and technology communications, and corporate social responsibility will add tremendous value to our growing corporate practice, clients and staff,” said Peter Harris, senior vice president and director of MS&L’s NY corporate practice.

Chamberlin’s previous roles include general manager for Edelman’s 50-person Shanghai office, where he was responsible for the overall management of the agency’s staff and corporate, marketing, and healthcare practices; first vice president of external communications at JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he led public relations and partner communications for its credit card business; and director of global communications for Nortel Networks, where he developed and executed global communications strategies for corporate issues, product marketing, public affairs, investor relations and employee communications.

Margolis was most recently vice president of corporate social responsibility and issues management for Edelman’s New York office.  There, she managed accounts involving CSR, issues and crisis communications, employee communications and reputation management.   She was also responsible for developing CSR/sustainability reports for global corporations and conducting stakeholder analysis and engagement for corporations and NGOs.  Her previous roles included corporate citizenship consultant for W.W. Grainger, Inc.; communications specialist for White & Case LLP in New York; and press secretary for U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney.  She currently serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Integrated Communications, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Northwestern University.        

About Manning Selvage & Lee

MS&L is one of the world's leading communications firms.  Headquartered in New York, MS&L has 54 offices throughout North America, Latin America, EMEA and Asia-Pacific, as well as an extensive global affiliate network.  The agency meets the needs of global and local clients by providing best-in-class services in consumer marketing PR, healthcare PR, corporate communications, financial communications and technology communications, as well as industry-leading work in digital communications.  MS&L won PRWeek's Best Use of Internet/New Media Award in both 2006 and 2007.

MS&L is a member of the Publicis Groupe (Euronext Paris: FR0000130577), the world’s fourth largest communications group, and a global leader in digital and online advertising, media consulting, and healthcare communications. With some 44,000 professionals in 104 countries, the Groupe's activities cover advertising through three global advertising networks:  Leo Burnett, Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi, as well as through its two multi-hub networks Fallon Worldwide and 49%-owned Bartle Bogle Hegarty; media agencies with two worldwide networks ZenithOptimedia and Starcom MediaVest Group; and marketing services, including digital and interactive communications through Digitas, relationship and direct marketing, public and media relations, corporate and financial communications, multicultural communications, and event communications. The Groupe is also the world leader in healthcare communications. Web site: www.publicisgroupe.com.

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