Potomac Communications Group

Potomac Communications Group is a Washington D.C. public relations company.

"Helping clients meet their business neesd and public policy goals through creative strategies, winning messages and on-target communications", the company's website states. [1]

In April 2004 the Austin Chronicle revealed that one of the creative strategies employed by Potomac is ghostwriting pro-nuclear op-ed columns on behalf of the Nuclear Energy Institute. [2]

Clients

• AREVA Enterprises, Inc.
• Air Force Office of Special Investigations
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Forest & Paper Association
• American Petroleum Institute
• American Society of Microbiology
• Association For Manufacturing Technology
• Bechtel National, Inc.
• The Brattle Group
• BWX Technologies, Inc.
• Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society
• Construction Specifications Institute *Cross-Sound Cable
• DC Department of Health
• Entergy Corporation
• Environmental Protection Agency
• FirstEnergy Corporation
• Foster Wheeler International Corporation
• George Washington University
• Healthcare Distribution Management Association
• Lafarge North America
• Mellon Financial Corporation
• National Home Equity Mortgage Association
• NASA
• National Energy Technology Laboratory
• National Science Foundation
• Nuclear Energy Institute
• Pepco Energy Services
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Temple University
• USEC Inc.
• Washington Group International
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation
• US Army
• US Coast Guard
• US Department of Commerce
• US Department of Energy
• US Department of Transportation

Personnel

• Bill Perkins. A Texan and recovering journalist. Co-founded PCG in 1981. Focuses on strategic communications planning and positioning; our resident expert on movies (pre-1990). Past president of the National Brain Research Association.
• Ellen Lepper. From Pennsylvania, via New York. Former educator and association manager of technical and environmental programs. Co-founded PCG in 1981. Focuses on strategic marketing programs and issues management with a special emphasis on energy efficiency. In her real life, a professional ballroom dancer.
• Russ Dawson, Senior Vice Presidents: Former journalist, association communicator and government official; at EPA he served as Assistant for Communications to Administrator Lee Thomas and directed the agency's national strategic communications program; heads our environmental practice, including legislative and regulatory policy support campaigns and marketing communications.
• Mimi Limbach, Senior Vice Presidents. A real corporate communications pro. In 25 years with Westinghouse, managed communications for everything from litigation to marketing and the merger with CBS. Was also VP of Communications for a major consulting firm. At PCG, counsels clients on marketing, positioning, public affairs and crisis communications. Works on international trade issues, close relationships with key media.
• Leonard S. Greenberger Vice President: An Ohio native and long-time Washington resident. Covered energy issues as associate editor for Public Utilities Fortnightly. At PCG, counsels trade associations, professional societies, and other clients on positioning and branding, media outreach, marketing communications, market research. Past Board Chairman at Broadcasters Child Development Center.
• Bill Baker
• Peter Bernstein
• Lou Ann Bradley
• Shelly Brackenridge
• Bob Conrad
• Adam Findeisen
• Carrie Kenady
• Alan Kovski
• Kristine Martin
• Jennifer May
• Brian Meeley
• Nathan Petrillo
• Aimee Stern[3]

Contact information

Potomac Communications Group, Inc
2025 M Street, Suite 350,
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202.466.7391
Fax: 202.429.0365
E-mail: prhelp@pcgpr.com
Web: http://www.pcgpr.com/

External links

• William M. Adler, "Will Shill for Nukes: Decommissioning the nuclear lobby's phony op-ed campaign", The Austin Chronicle, April 16, 2004.