Nelson Schmidt

Morgan & Myers offers advertising, public relations, digital services, event planning and direct marketing. The firm specializes in communicating and building relationships with stakeholders throughout the food supply chain, including agricultural producers, processors, food and nutrition influentials and consumer product companies. The doors at the company opened with agricultural accounts. From there it grew into three logically related arenas. The first was food public relations and food marketing. The second arena, companion animal, developed as an offshoot of animal health with appeal to the animal lovers, owners and breeders. The final arena, rural lifestyles, is still an evolving specialization and emerging trend that reflects the choice of many Morgan team members to balance professional livelihoods with country living. Some clients include General Mills, Hershey s Cocoa Classic, Cargill, McDonald s, Merrill and Miller Brewing. The company is headquartered in Waukesha, Wis., with offices in Minneapolis and Waterloo, Iowa.

Charleston Orwig, with offices in Harland, Wis., and Davenport, Iowa, is a full-service marketing communications and brand development firm. The agency provides strategic planning, demand marketing and issues management to a broad range of clients, ranging from health care and agriculture, to food, manufacturing and technology. The company s main business is building brands and promoting products. Charleston Orwig delivers results from the smallest entrepreneurial firm to the largest multi-national corporation, by focusing on creative ways to shape perception and motivate response. The company staffs nearly 70 people and boasts more than $45 million is capitalized billings. The independently-owned company was founded in 1992.