Clients in the News – The Extra Mile: LogistiCare
WXIA-TV – See how LogistiCare gives back to our community through the National Kidney Foundation in The Extra Mile, brought to you by Go Beyond Profit.
WXIA-TV – See how LogistiCare gives back to our community through the National Kidney Foundation in The Extra Mile, brought to you by Go Beyond Profit.
METRO ATLANTA CEO – P20 recently hosted the second annual P20 Conference, an international contingent of some 150 payments and fintech industry leaders from the U.S., U.K., Canada, Brazil and China. The conference also included more…
BLOOMBERG – Global payment companies held their first joint cybersecurity war games to test their systems’ readiness for simultaneous attacks, uncovering differences in their defenses including even how to define a crisis.
ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE – Atlanta Business Chronicle has named our 2018 Women Who Mean Business honorees. The women will be celebrated at an awards event Oct. 18 at American Spirit Works. Here’s a Q&A with one of the winners, Patty Watson, chief information officer and senior executive vice president, TSYS.
FOX 5 ATLANTA – At 71, Michael Pinell has found his “happy” place on a horse farm. “The thing is, horses want to be loved just like everybody else does,” Pinell says. “They will form a tight bond with someone who is their owner or someone who takes good care of them.”
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION – The city of Atlanta will play host to Payments 20, a conference of the elite electronic transactions companies and regulators from the U.S., England and Canada in what’s been dubbed by organizers…
University of Georgia graduate and rising public relations professional joins Cookerly team ATLANTA – August 2018 – Cookerly Public Relations, a leading Atlanta-based public relations and marketing agency, welcomed Madeline McGinty as a fall intern. A…
MASHABLE – For its Instagram TV debut Monday, Mercedes-Benz uploaded a short film portraying the (re-enacted) car ride Bertha Benz took in 1888. On an August morning, Benz took out her husband Karl’s newly invented automobile (more like a…
ATLANTA – July 2018 – Cookerly Public Relations, a leading public relations and marketing firm based in Atlanta, announced that the agency has been invited to join PRConsultants Group (PRCG) as its signature Georgia agency. A…
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION – Thyssenkrupp Elevators will receive substantial incentives to open a new North American headquarters at SunTrust Park, a deal that is expected to result in more than 600 high-paying jobs and Cobb County’s…
As design director at Cookerly, Tim serves as the creative lead in the development of branding campaigns, print collateral and digital media for clients across a broad range of industries, including consumer, professional services, healthcare and technology.
With more than 20 years of experience as an award-winning designer of print, multimedia and web campaigns, Tim provides expertise in the creative development of branding campaigns, print collateral, advertising and digital media.
As an honor graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, he earned dual degrees in graphic design and illustration.
As senior vice president at Cookerly, Mike Rieman specializes in building and maintaining relationships with the media and has an excellent track record of landing significant placements in print and broadcast media including USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Money Magazine.
Mike comes to the firm with more than a decade of public relations and journalism experience. As a former news editor, Mike understands how to work with his clients to craft stories that garner recognition on traditional and social media channels. He has led numerous award winning campaigns for a number of clients, including Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Construction Market Data Group and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency’s Ready Georgia campaign. Favorite recent assignments include a campaign to announce McDelivery, McDonald’s new delivery service.
Mike is a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma and a graduate of the University of Georgia where he earned a degree in speech communications. He serves on the PRSA Georgia Chapter Programming Committee and is an avid sports fan and trail runner. He resides in Marietta with his wife and two children.
NAPA AUTO PARTS, the nation’s top brand in the automotive aftermarket, is ramping up its retail operation across the country with grand reopening celebrations to show off its transformed “top stores,” expanded inventory and “NAPA Know How.” Cookerly designed a creative program that has successfully sparked conversations across media and social media channels in the target markets, enhanced community relationships, built awareness/visibility, increased customer traffic at store events and helped boost NAPA sales and follow-on business.
Cookerly helps steer major corporate and executive initiatives for the nation’s #1 luxury automaker including recent award-winning programs such as “Greatness Lives Here” and “No Limits,” initiatives designed to empower the next generation through community activism and education. We recently helped launch the Mercedes-Benz A-Class vehicle line including MBUX artificial intelligence including tie-ins with the Super Bowl, Ludacris and the Ron Clark Academy. Leveraging paid, earned, shared and owned media, the Cookerly team supports MBUSA across both external and internal channels.
As vice president of Cookerly, Sheryl Sellaway uses her extensive corporate communications background to lead consumer PR efforts, deliver strategy for marketing programs and share expertise about community initiatives.
An award-winning speechwriter, Sheryl comes to the firm with over 20 years’ expertise in media relations, employee communications and community affairs. Some of her best work has occurred while leading product launches, handling crisis situations, managing senior leadership meetings and overseeing employee events.
Sheryl is a Georgia native with an MBA from Amber University and a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University. Active in the community, she is a Leadership Atlanta graduate currently serving on several boards including Bethany Christian Services. Sheryl is an author, pen collector, avid runner, mentor and philanthropist.
As vice president at Cookerly, Emily Rios leads media relations, internal communications and integrated marketing programs for consumer, healthcare, real estate and non-profit clients.
Emily has an excellent track record in building and maintaining relationships with the media and has landed significant placements with CNN, USA TODAY, CNBC, U.S. News and World Report and more. She spearheads internal campaigns for Mercedes-Benz USA and Novelis, as well as integrated marketing and social media programs for Pinewood Forest, a new urbanist community adjacent to the second largest movie studio in the country.
Emily has more than 15 years of experience in communications and has worked on a number of award-winning campaigns for clients such as SunTrust, Shepherd’s Men and Mercedes-Benz USA.
Emily graduated cum laude from Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL with a degree in communication arts and is a member of the PRSA Georgia Chapter. Emily resides in Smyrna with her husband and two sons.
As a senior vice president at Cookerly, Matt helps organizations protect and advance their reputations and bottom lines through strategic communications programs. Using creativity, planning and flawless execution, he works with a team to deliver compelling public relations campaigns that produce results and support clients’ business objectives.
Industry expertise includes banking/finance, energy and automotive across clients such as SunTrust Banks, Colonial Pipeline and Mercedes-Benz USA. Recently, Matt helped launch SunTrust’s first Super Bowl ad and generate earned media for the grand opening of SunTrust Park, the home of the Atlanta Braves.
Matt is also a member of Cookerly’s crisis response team and has experience managing major crises generating national headlines.
Other areas of expertise include designing/implementing communications campaigns, media relations, executive speech writing, media training, survey design and execution, and more.
A Georgia State University graduate with a degree in economics, Matt served as managing editor of the student newspaper. He attended graduate school at George Washington University, receiving a master’s degree in strategic management, public policy and economics (MPA).
The Arthritis Foundation has undergone significant changes and seeks to build upon a renewed direction with fresh perspectives. The foundation relies on Cookerly to infuse new ideas, raise national awareness and engage internal stakeholders to support the organization’s new and powerful “Champion of Yes” branding. The comprehensive communications strategies and tactics conceived and implemented for the foundation put a national focus on the critical nature of arthritis and are helping reinvigorate the organization’s image of one committed to conquering the insidious and debilitating disease.