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Allstate Names New Vice President of Corporate Relations.


NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- Allstate Insurance Company announced the appointment of Sari Macrie, 50, to vice president of corporate relations. In this role, Macrie will oversee internal and external strategic communications for the enterprise. She will also have responsibility for reputation management, media relations, crisis management and the Allstate Foundation.

Macrie is replacing Peter Debreceny, who is retiring from Allstate after nine years with the company and more than 35 years in the public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most  field.

"Sari is an excellent addition to the corporate relations team," said Joan Walker, senior vice president of corporate relations for Allstate. "She has a proven track record of developing and implementing corporate reputation initiatives, issues management programs as well as strategic media and public relations campaigns. We will be able to draw from her strong strategic communications experience to build on our team's strong foundation as a leading company in the insurance industry and as an exemplary corporate citizen."

Macrie joins Allstate with more than 20 years of financial and strategic communications experience both as a corporate officer and a consultant. She has been the senior vice president of Corporate Communications at Cardinal Health and the vice president of Investor Relations Investor relations

The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors.
 at Ameritech. Her consulting client list includes Fortune 500 companies such as Monsanto, Pharmacia, SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002.  Communications, Tellabs and Dean Foods.

Macrie earned a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science
BS, SB

bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies
 degree in finance from the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
  • University of Maryland, College Park, a research-extensive and flagship university; when the term "University of Maryland" is used without any qualification, it generally refers to this school
 and a Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. . She also holds a Chartered Financial Analyst Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

An experienced financial analyst who has passed examinations in economics, financial accounting, portfolio management, security analysis, and standards of conduct given by the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts.
 designation from the CFA Institute.

The Allstate Corporation (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:ALL) is the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurer. Widely known through the "You're In Good Hands With Allstate([R])" slogan, Allstate helps individuals in approximately 17 million households protect what they have today and better prepare for tomorrow through approximately 14,800 exclusive agencies and financial representatives in the U.S. and Canada. Customers can access Allstate products and services such as auto insurance and homeowners insurance through Allstate agencies, or in select states at allstate.com and 1-800 Allstate([R]). Encompass([R]) and Deerbrook([R])Insurance brand property and casualty products are sold exclusively through independent agents. The Allstate Financial Group provides life insurance, supplemental accident and health insurance, annuity, banking and retirement products designed for individual, institutional and worksite customers that are distributed through Allstate agencies, independent agencies, financial institutions and broker-dealers.
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