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June
6, 2009
Former Colonial Williamsburg Marketing Director
Joins Global Communicators as Senior International Adviser
 WASHINGTON,
DC (June 6, 2009) – Edward Allmann, former director of marketing
for The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (CWF), Williamsburg,
VA, has joined Global Communicators, LLC, as a senior international
adviser in charge of new business development and client marketing
services.
Allmann,
who worked for Colonial Williamsburg for the last eight years,
had also been director of the Foundation’s hospitality advertising
and public relations before becoming marketing director in
2002. He developed CWF’s alliance marketing relationships
with AirTran, Macy’s and HBO; drove growth in several categories
of ecommerce and on-site sales; and provided creative direction
for numerous CWF marketing projects.
From 1990 to 2000, Allmann held a succession of high-level
advertising and public relations positions with Kohler Co.,
Kohler, WI, global leader in plumbing products and power systems.
He managed corporate media relations, and also resort and
real estate advertising and public relations for the hospitality
group. During this period, he was principally involved in
the launch of Whistling Straits golf course, and worked with
the USGA on the record-setting 1998 U.S. Women’s Open Championship
at Blackwolf Run.
Allmann was deputy director of the consumer products group
at Hill & Knowlton, New York, NY, for two years, before which
he coordinated various aspects of marketing and operations
for Regine’s, the Paris-based exclusive nightclub and restaurant
empire which at the time had 17 clubs around the world. He
began his career as director of public affairs and chief announcer
at classical/jazz format WFMR-FM, Milwaukee, WI.
An honors graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
where he received a bachelor of fine arts degree, Allmann
also studied creative writing at New York University’s School
of Continuing and Professional Studies.
Jim Harff,
president and CEO of GC said, “Ed Allmann is one of the most
accomplished and results-oriented PR professionals in the
United States, and we are delighted that he has joined Global
Communicators. He is a man of immense creativity coupled with
unquestioned integrity.”
Contact: Jennifer Heuer, jenniferheuer@globalcommunicators.com,
(202) 371-9600.
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