STERN + ASSOCIATES OPENS CAMBRIDGE OFFICE
Growth Opportunities Drive N.J.-based Firm's New England Expansion

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 13, 2007 – Stern + Associates (S+A), a leading N.J.-based public relations and marketing communications firm, announces the opening of its first regional office. A company milestone, the new location opens the door to a breadth of new opportunities in the thriving New England region while enhancing the organization’s commitment to continued success with several established clients in the greater Boston area.

“Marking a new chapter in our company’s 22 year history, Stern + Associates’ expanding presence signifies much more than a corporate growth spurt,” said Susan Stern, president of S+A. “The Cambridge office provides us with an exceptional opportunity to tap further into one of the country’s most dynamic, entrepreneurial and forward-looking business markets – giving us the added capacity to better serve existing clients, pursue new business and recruit fresh creative talent.”

Located in the Canal Park section of Cambridge, S+A’s new office will be led by account supervisor Jennifer Klock. A valued member of the S+A team since 2005, Klock will continue to manage activities for a group of existing clients including commercial carpet manufacturer The Mohawk Group and its global division, Mohawk International; Lonseal, a vinyl surfacing manufacturer; noted architecture and design firm Moody Nolan; and human resource management consulting firm ORC Worldwide. She will also help drive new business initiatives and recruiting efforts in the Boston area.

Thought-Provoking Expansion

Representing a variety of leading corporations, trade groups and emerging businesses – with some partnerships lasting more than a decade – in a wide range of fields, S+A specializes in programs targeted to reach consumer, business-to-business and trade audiences, primarily in the booming arenas of architecture and design, healthcare, and thought leadership.

“With numerous existing clients affiliated with the Harvard Business School and other prestigious organizations, Boston is an ideal strategic setting for S+A’s burgeoning thought leadership practice,” added Stern.

Dedicated to positioning C-level executives, authors and visionaries as authorities on strategic topics related to emerging business, management and industry trends, S+A’s comprehensive thought leadership program continues to successfully help clients such as

Genesis Advisors, led by former Harvard professor and leadership development exert Michael Watkins, and Kevin Coyne, a former executive at McKinsey & Company and noted expert on CEO transitions and other leadership issues, among many others, reach new levels of recognition through high-profile coverage in top-tier, national media outlets including Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, and the Wall Street Journal. 

Expanding from a one-woman, one-client agency when founded to nearly 25 employees today with its first regional office, S+A boasts an impressive and varied list of clients, including Advanced Bionics, a leading innovator of implantable neurostimulation technologies; Convia, a Herman Miller Company, which recently introduced a modular, programmable electrical and data infrastructure, key to the future of “green” building; Fujirebio Diagnostics, a premier diagnostics company and industry leader in biomarker assays; Innosight, a consulting company founded by Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen, an expert in “distruptive innovation”; The Institute of Management Accounts, a worldwide organization dedicated to empowering management accounting and finance professionals; Lighthouse International, a non-profit organization committed to preserving vision and to providing critically needed health care and rehabilitative services to those with low vision; London Business School, a pre-eminent international business school; and Keilhauer, a designer and manufacturer of seating solutions.