CORONA, Calif., Jan. 7, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Investor Relations Network (IRN), a financial public relations firm in partnership with more than a dozen similar companies stationed on both the East and West Coasts, as well as in the Southeast, announced today that it has named three new senior vice presidents, and opened a Northern California Division, with offices in San Francisco. Recent additions include Jerry Miller in New York City, Raymond Hackney in Philadelphia, and John Mazarella in San Francisco.
Based in New York City as senior vice president of media relations, Jerry Miller brings decades of high-level strategic and tactical communications skills in media and public relations, and for years was a partner at the Financial Relations Board, the nation's oldest and largest investor relations firm, where he worked with IRN CEO Tom Gavin on many major accounts. A former reporter for The New York Times, Miller earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from C.C.N.Y. and a Master of Urban Planning degree from Hunter College.
Raymond Hackney is senior vice president in charge of broker relations and new business development in the Mid-Atlantic region, especially the Baltimore-Washington area. Earlier he was vice president -- sales for Bryn Mawr Investment Group, and served for nine years prior to that as a top-producing broker with the firm of Janney Montgomery Scott. Hackney is an alumnus of Penn State University, majoring in business administration.
John Mazarella has joined the firm as senior vice president in charge of research and marketing, and heads the newly launched Northern California division. He has more than 25 years of financial experience, raising capital for companies to fund mergers and acquisitions, and earlier was a pension fund consultant to Fortune 500 companies for 12 years. He also has held senior financial positions with Ford Motor Co., Squibb Corporation and Continental Grain. Mazarella holds a B.S. in Business from Adelphi University and completed his Masters degree at New York University.
"The past year was encouraging, both in terms of growth in our client base, introductions to several successful fundings, as well as new partnerships that enhance the scope of our services," said Gavin. "Last month, our flagship account, Pacific CMA, left the OTC Bulletin Board and began trading on the American Stock Exchange, with the trading symbol PAM. In the year ahead, our 11th anniversary since launching the company in March 1993, we anticipate bringing several more clients to fully listed status, either on the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Small Cap," he said. The company has eight partner offices in Northern and Southern California, as well as four in New York, in addition to two others located in Phoenix and St. Petersburg, Florida, respectively.