Experienced Nonprofit Public Relations Professional and Award-Winning Journalist, Pepper Van Tassell, Becomes the Latest Addition to an Expanding Love & Company Team
Van Tassell to launch a new Love & Company public relations and integrated media initiative
FREDERICK, Md. (May 13, 2013)—Love & Company, a leading marketing, advertising and sales firm in the senior housing field, has hired Pepper Van Tassell as its director of public relations and integrated media. Van Tassell brings extensive experience in public relations and journalism to the position, where she is developing the company’s new line of public relations and integrated media services.
“As demand for online marketing and public relations grew, Love & Company realized the need to expand our services, and found Pepper’s skills as a dynamic writer and creative publicist to be a great fit for our team,” said Rob Love, president of Love & Company. “We are excited to add this new service for our clients, who realize that seniors are tried-and-true consumers of news, and are increasingly moving online.”
Prior to joining the Love team, Van Tassell served as a public relations manager at The Humane Society of the United States, where she coordinated press outreach for various animal welfare campaigns and for sanctuaries throughout the United States, and publicized political initiatives and related activities for its lobbying arm, Humane Society Legislative Fund. Van Tassell’s experience also includes nearly six years as a reporter at The Herald-Mail in Hagerstown, Md., where she earned several awards for her news and feature stories about crime, education and general news. Van Tassell earned a B.A. in Mass Communications/Print Journalism from Hood College in Frederick, Md., in 2001.
Love & Company is a full-service research, marketing, sales management and advertising firm that specializes in retirement communities. For more information about Love & Company, call Tim Bracken at 301-663-1239 or visit our website at loveandcompany.com
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Media Contact: Rob Love: 240-575-1180; rlove@loveandcompany.com