Potomac Flacks: Flack Profile: Stan Collender, Managing Director at Qorvis Communications

September 22, 2008

Flack Profile: Stan Collender, Managing Director at Qorvis Communications

Stan Collender is a Managing Director at Qorvis Communications and writes a weekly column for RollCall.com. He also helped start a blog earlier this year that is definitely worth checking out.

Hometown? McLean, VA; originally Brooklyn, NY

How long have you been in your current position? 2.5 years

First read in the morning? Washington Post...online.

First watch in the morning? CNBC

Did you vacation in August? If so, where? Hiking in Yosemite National Park, where there's no Blackberry or cell reception.

Best thing about working at a PR Firm? The people.

Worst thing about working at a PR Firm? It never stops.

Greed is good? Your views on communicating during this economic crisis? You can't wait for a crisis to occur to start communicating. If you do, you end up being defined by the crisis and don't have the credibility you need to deal with it.

Posted by Blain Rethmeier on September 22, 2008 in Flack Profiles | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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