ProActive, A Freeman Company is honored to welcome Stacey Turner and Dave Pritchett to its distinguished account team.

 

ProActive Expands its Account Team

Turner and Pritchett to Bolster Critical Vertical Markets

 

CHICAGO, Ill., June 19, 2008 – Chicago-based strategic communications and events agency ProActive, A Freeman Company is honored to welcome Stacey Turner and Dave Pritchett to its distinguished account team.

“As we expand our integrated event marketing solutions portfolio, Stacey and Dave immediately bring quality client relationships and an extraordinary range of account management skills to the ProActive team,” says President Tony Lorenz, CMM. “We are fortunate to add such accomplished professionals in key markets for our business.”

Stacey Turner comes to ProActive from the healthcare division of RJO Group, an East Coast production company. As senior account director, she was charged with strategic account planning and development, as well as overseeing project execution. Prior to RJO, Stacey was an industry leading project manager where she developed and delivered multi-media events for various organizations. She has also served in client-facing positions at Image Zone Inc. and Williams/Gerard.  Stacey received her Bachelor of Science in journalism (with a concentration in broadcast journalism) from West Virginia University in Morgantown.  Stacey will be based out of ProActive’s New York office in the Chelsea district of Manhattan.

C. David “Dave” Pritchett most recently served as senior vice president/chief growth officer for Ypartnership, developing business plans and presentations for the agency’s strategic growth. Previously, Dave served TBA as vice president – business development primarily responsible for the sports and entertainment vertical market. Dave also was part of the Gaylord Entertainment team in Nashville, Tenn., for 10 years, finally serving as vice president – strategic alliances and sports marketing. He began his career at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., where after 12 years, he rose to the position of general manager for strategic alliances). Dave received his Bachelor of Science in marketing from the University of Richmond in Virginia. He will be based in Orlando.

 About ProActive: Founded in 1992, ProActive provides best-in-class, integrated, strategic experiential communications to global organizations in virtually every major industry sector. Since April 2007, ProActive has been a member of the Freeman family of companies (www.freemanco.com). ProActive delivers the creation, development and production of live events, business meetings, trade shows, corporate training and other communication-based programs.  ProActive is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in New York and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.proactiveinc.com or contact Sarah Polster at (312) 654-4325 or spolster@proactiveinc.com

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