CJP Communications Names Mark Kollar as Partner

NEW YORK, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- CJP Communications (CJP), a leading independent full-service communications firm, today announced that Mark Kollar, who leads the Financial Services Group, has been named a partner. Mark, who has 25 years of industry experience, specializes in strategic counsel and crisis communications. Mark, who has created award-winning media relations campaigns, draws on his first-hand market experience as former trader and journalist. As a partner, he will continue to help build the Financial Services Group at CJP and work closely with clients on strategic media-relations campaigns. Mark is based in CJP's New York office.

Prior to joining CJP, Mark worked as a journalist for Knight-Ridder, Dow Jones and Thomson Financial. He was also a trader on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in the stock-index and Eurodollar futures markets. Additionally, Mark is the author of Twenty-Four Hour Trading: The Global Network of Futures and Options Markets.

Mark earned an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in English Literature from DePauw University.

About CJP Communications

CJP Communications is among the 50 largest public relations firms in the U.S. and one of the few domestic, midsize firms that offer its clients a gateway to Europe through its London office. CJP has 40 professionals working in its New York and Connecticut offices, and another 25 professionals based in London. Services include media relations, financial public relations, investor relations, strategic consumer communications, corporate advisory, executive positioning, new media, events, editorial services, graphic design and publishing. For more information, visit www.cjpcom.com .

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    Caitlin Mitchell
    212-279-3115, ext. 213
    cmitchell@cjpcom.com