Rountree Branching Out Rountree Branching Out Rountree Group, Inc. promoted Tina Hoffman Stevens to Account Executive. Stevens was previously an Assistant Account Executive and her new responsibilities include media relations, producing editorial materials, research, and day-to-day account activities. Stevens works on accounts including residential communities, a temporary staffing service company, and a national restaurant chain. Prior to joining Rountree, Stevens completed internships in corporate communications at America's Favorite Chicken Company and in public affairs at Coca-Cola Enterprises. Stevens is a graduate of The University of Georgia.

Rountree Group also promoted Elizabeth Campbell, Account Executive, to Senior Account Executive. Campbell's responsibilities include account management and national media relations for an information systems consultancy and a leading hearing-aid manufacturer and she leads collateral development activities and website development for the firm's clients. Before joining Rountree, Campbell worked as a Public Relations Coordinator at Turner Home Entertainment, a division of Turner Broadcasting System Inc. Campbell also worked for five years in the communications division at Georgia Tech. Campbell is a graduate of Duke University and received a master of mass communication from The University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Rountree Group also added six new clients recently. Advantica Restaurant Group, one of the nation's leading restaurant companies, engaged Rountree Group for selected market entries. Rountree will also mange media relations for Big Canoe, a picturesque mountain community of 6,400 acres in North Georgia featuring three lakes, a 27-hole golf course, tennis, swimming, nature trails, and greenbelt areas. Ketchapẻo, a new "hot and spicy adult ketchup" developed by Chef David Schy of the noted Hubbard Street Grill in Chicago, selected Rountree for media relations support in the Southeast. MedQuest Associates is an Atlanta medical management company operating outpatient diagnostic imaging centers throughout the Southeast and Southwest. Rountree will support the openings and continued marketing of its open MRI imaging centers. Terri's Consign and Design, a $15 million nationwide retail chain offering gently-used, high-end furniture and decorative items in department store-style showrooms, has retained Rountree for an intensive metro Atlanta market entry campaign. Rountree Group has also added Youth in Charge, a non-profit organization made up of Georgia teens who fight against the use of tobacco. Rountree will support the organization of a statewide special event.