Manning Selvage & Lee's Atlanta Office Hires Senior Vice President, Public Affairs

Manning Selvage & Lee's (MS&L) Atlanta office today announced the appointment of Kerry Traubert to senior vice president, public affairs.  Her appointment is effective immediately.

In her new role, Traubert will oversee MS&L Atlanta’s public affairs, community affairs and issues management practice.  She will support a number of corporate social responsibility and community affairs programs for clients such as The Home Depot, The Coca-Cola Company, Georgia Department of Economic Development and Heineken USA.

“Our firm’s reputation in public and community affairs was established 40 years ago through the legendary efforts of our founder George Goodwin, and I’m delighted that Kerry will help us continue that legacy in an area that is increasingly important to our clients,” said Rob Baskin, managing director of MS&L Atlanta.

Traubert has over 25 years of agency, corporate and non-profit experience.  She was most recently director of communications at The Fund for Theological Education, a national educational fellowship association based in Atlanta.  Her previous roles included The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, where she served as director of communications and speechwriter for the philanthropist and co-founder of The Home Depot; The Coca-Cola Company, where she worked on international public relations, corporate communications and marketing communications, and provided communications support for The Coca-Cola Foundation; The University of Illinois, where she managed public affairs; and Golin-Harris/Chicago, where she managed the development of national and local public relations and sports marketing programs for McDonald's Corporation.

MS&L Atlanta offers a full range of communications services for its clients, including public relations, workplace communications, investor relations and marketing communications services.  It has been one of the southeast's leading integrated communications firms for the past 42 years.  Its clients include Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Equifax, Georgia Department of Economic Development, Georgia Forestry Division, GourmetStation, The Home Depot, Philips Electronics and Randstad USA.

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