Mary Currie, this year’s Chair of the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table, was profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle in advance of her impending retirement from her position as the Public Affairs Director of the Golden Gate Bridge for the past 22 years. You can read the article here.

Jim Rowe, head of investor relations at Wells Fargo told a packed house that his job is to get out of the way of the message. Rowe, a 33 year veteran of financial communications, spoke to the group January 28 about his 7-person team that runs investor relations for the most profitable bank in the […]

By Maureen Knoll Director, Creative & Communications Delta Dental of California At the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table’s October 22 meeting, Kathryn Caulfield, Vice President for Global Corporate Communications, Corporate Responsibility and Crisis Management, shared her behind-the-scenes story on how Clorox managed its transition from a company on Greenpeace’s attack list to a leader […]

Say Hello To Our Newest Members Nancy Hayden Crowley, Principal, FX Crowley Company, San Francisco, has developed and executed communications strategies and marketing support programs for a variety of clients in the private and non-profit sectors through 30 years. These include Bay Area McDonald’s restaurants, the California Association of Nurserymen, St. Ignatius College Preparatory and […]

Wondering about the origins of the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table Philip McCombs Scholarship Fund?  In 1990, the organization decided to create a scholarship fund for students demonstrating “academic excellence and career potential” in the field of public relations and named the fund in honor of Philip McCombs, a co-founder of organization.  According to […]

By Brenda Kahn Senior Public Information Officer Metropolitan Transportation Commission & Bay Area Toll Authority You may not have heard of the character “La Mala Suerte,” but for tens of thousands of Hispanic American consumers, this comedic embodiment of bad luck is very familiar, and has become synonymous with Allstate Insurance. The gist of the Spanish-language […]

 By Lisa Stockwell Impatient, distractible, no tolerance for ambiguity, adaptable, feedback junkies, influential, powerful, optimistic, open, visual, fearless. These are some of the words Kit Yarrow, clinical psychologist and professor at Golden Gate University, used to describe Generation Y at our March San Francisco Public Relations Round Table lunch.  At 85 million strong and ranging from […]