Agency names media spokesperson/communications manager

July 27, 2006 -- Executive Administrator/Public Relations Carol Watson today announced the hiring of Brian Gregg as media spokesperson/communications manager. He starts Aug. 10.

“Brian has 15 years of experience in journalism and public relations,” Watson said. “With this experience, he has established relationships with the media that will be an asset to our agency. We are fortunate to have Brian join our Communications team.”

Gregg has served as a reporter for some of the largest and best-known newspapers in the country. In the mid-to-late 1990s, he covered the agency for The Cincinnati Enquirer.

He comes to HCJFS from the top public relations post at Hill-Rom Corp., a global health care company with more than 6,000 employees.

“Joining Hamilton County Job and Family Services allows me to get into the business of helping people,” Gregg said. “As a former newspaper reporter, I’ve always felt a job should be more than a paycheck...there needs to be a higher calling to do something positive in this world.”

Agency Director Rick Roberts called Gregg “a welcome addition to our Communications staff.” He noted that Gregg’s experience writing about the agency gave him the opportunity to understand our system, staff and the customers we serve--as well as the role of the agency’s spokesperson.

Gregg fills a vacancy created when Laurie Petrie left to join the Council on Aging of Southwest Ohio.

“Children’s Service Section Chief Janet Coleman, an interview panel member, said: “It was clear to me that Brian possessed purpose, passion and personality... all three qualities necessary for the unique job of media spokesperson here at the department.”