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Established in 1978, J Stokes & Associates is an integrated marketing communication firm that represents both, nationally recognized and rapidly growing regional brands. Based in Walnut Creek, Calif., it provides services through its divisions, including Agency, Digital, Article and Channel. Some of the company s clients comprise Wells Fargo Group, Ford, Sun Microsoft, Subway and Carrier. In 2009, J Stokes & Associates featured in the selection of the advertising Agency of Record (AOR) for Subway restaurants in the San Diego market.

For more than half a century Edelman Public Relations has been a creative and thought leader. It was the first firm to apply public relations to building consumer brands, inventing the media tour and the toll-free consumer hotline. Today, the company offers design, editorial content, marketing, production, crisis management and investor relations for companies in the entertainment, food, financial, legal, health care, consumer products, industrial, sports and travel industries. Its represents such clients as XBox, Nissan, Dove, Home Depot, DreamWorks, the PGA Tour and Time Warner. Headquartered in New York and Chicago, Edelman maintains offices throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia and Europe. The San Francisco office has expertise in consumer brands, corporate positioning, crisis management, food marketing, media training and litigation support. Founded in 1952, the company has won numerous awards, including Best Public Relations Firm by Advertising Age in 2005.