Continued Business Success at Sharon Merrill Associates Draws New Vice President, Promotion of Senior Associate.Beth Lewis Kurth Joins Firm, Dennis Walsh Dennis Walsh (12 June 1933 – 1 June 2005) was a British astronomer, born into a poor family in Manchester, England. He was best known for his discovery in 1979 of the first example of a gravitational lens which he made while studying quasars found in the Jodrell Bank 966MHz Promoted to Senior Associate BOSTON -- Sharon Merrill Associates, Inc., a nationally recognized investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. and corporate communications firm, announced that Beth Lewis Kurth has joined the firm as vice president and Dennis Walsh has been promoted to senior associate. "With our commitment to helping companies drive valuation through investor relations, we continue to add both established and emerging companies to our client roster," said Maureen Wolff-Reid, president of Sharon Merrill Associates and current chairman of the National Investor Relations Institute The National Investor Relations Institute, known as "NIRI", is the professional association for investor relations professionals in the United States. NIRI was founded in 1969 and has more than 4,500 members, both from the United States and other countries. . "Our team is earning wide recognition for innovative approaches to investor relations and for leadership in IR best practices. We are delighted to welcome Beth and to acknowledge the contributions of Dennis, as we build on our record of success." Beth's background includes leading both the investor and 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 activities of an enterprise software firm. In that role she focused and simplified the communications program to drive increased financial and media interest. Prior to that, she directed the Boston office of a national investor relations practice where her clients included a wide range of small- and large-cap companies representing consumer, financial, healthcare, technology and other industries. She previously spent five years as a public information officer with the Federal Government and five years as a financial analyst with an economic consulting firm. Beth, who serves as an officer of the Boston Chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute, holds a bachelor of arts degree in English from Tulane University and a Master of Business Administration from Boston University. Since joining Sharon Merrill Associates in 2005, Dennis has worked on accounts across a number of industries including medical device, technology, environmental services and pharmaceuticals. In 2006, he was a recipient of the R. Scott Higgins Memorial Scholarship for Continuing Education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). in Investor Relations. Prior to joining Sharon Merrill Associates, Dennis was a financial earnings analyst at Thomson Financial Thomson Financial A major provider of information, analytical tools, and consulting services to the financial community. The firm, a division of Thomson Corporation, is best known to investors for its First Call segment, which publishes consensus earnings . In this position, he served as a liaison between the sell-side analyst Sell-side analyst A financial analyst who works for a brokerage firm and whose recommendations are passed on to the brokerage firm's customers. Also called Wall Street analyst. community and the senior management of client companies. Dennis graduated from Saint Anselm College The Princeton Review has described Saint Anselm College as one of the top "Colleges with a Conscience", as well as one of the 224 Best Northeastern Colleges. History The first bishop of Manchester, Bishop Denis M. Bradley, invited the Benedictine monks of St. in Manchester, New Hampshire This article is about the city in New Hampshire. For other uses, see Manchester (disambiguation). Manchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the largest city of northern New England, an area composed of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. with a bachelor of arts in economics. About Sharon Merrill Associates, Inc. Sharon Merrill Associates has been executing award-winning programs and staying in daily contact with Wall Street and the media since 1985. Today, Sharon Merrill Associates is one of America's preeminent investor relations and corporate communications firms. The agency serves public and private companies in a broad range of industries. Sharon Merrill Associates' principals have earned wide recognition for innovative approaches to investor relations and for leadership in IR best practices as officers and board members of Financial Executives International, the National Investor Relations Institute and the National Association of Corporate Directors. The agency won the 2006, 2005 and 2004 Bell Ringer awards for Investor Relations and overall "Best in Show" Super Bell award in 2004. To learn more about Sharon Merrill Associates, please visit the company's website at www.InvestorRelations.com. |
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