Financial Relations Board Names Kathy Price Senior Vice President

LOS ANGELES, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial Relations Board (FRB),the nation's leading financial communications and investor relations firm,announced today that Kathy Price has joined the firm as a senior vicepresident in its Los Angeles office. Price brings years of experience working with a varied range ofindustries, including technology, telecommunications, business/financialservices, biotechnology, healthcare services, medical devices and medicaltechnology. "Kathy's strategic counseling expertise, her experience in managing andimplementing investor relations programs for a diverse base ofinternational clients, and her strong knowledge of corporate governanceissues will strengthen our growing platform," said Kathy Waller,co-president of FRB. "She has counseled domestic and global companiesthrough initial public offerings and secondary offerings, mergers andacquisitions, shareholder lawsuits and other litigation and proxycontests." Prior to joining FRB, Price was a deputy managing director at TheGlobal Consulting Group. In her role, she shaped the investor relationscommunications strategy for clients with company headquarters in the UnitedStates, Israel, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Pakistan,Norway, Sweden and Hungary. Earlier in her career Price held principal positions at leadinginvestor relations firms including Lippert-Heilshorn & Associates, SBGInvestor Relations and The Anne McBride Company. Additionally, she hasworked in- house, serving as investor relations director for Uniglobe.com.Price began her financial career as a research associate at T. Rowe PriceAssociates, working on the small-/mid-cap equity investment team. About Financial Relations Board For more than 40 years, the Financial Relations Board has been one ofthe nation's leaders for investor relations and financial communications.The firm offers a full array of services, including deep expertise incorporate positioning and communication, investment community targeting(market intelligence), financial media relations, shareholder managementservices, valuation analysis and the company's industry-leading StrategyConsulting Group. Financial Relations Board works alongside companies ofall sizes from established Fortune 100 brands to mid-size and micro-capcompanies, pre-IPOs and the newly public. Headquartered in Chicago, thefirm has full-service offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco andWashington, D.C. Financial Relations Board is part of the Interpublic Groupof Companies (NYSE: IPG). For more information on Financial RelationsBoard, visit http://www.frbir.com.