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Steven D. Stern, Founder
Mr. Stern's profile may be
found on the About Steve Stern page on this site. He has a substantive
background in journalism as a correspondent in both New York and Washington,
covering the securities industry and elements of the Federal Government,
including the Securities and Exchange Commission, White House, Congress and the
Federal Reserve for Dow Jones and Company, Inc. (publisher of The Wall Street
Journal and the Dow Jones News Service), Reuters Economic Service, The Daily
Bond Buyer and American Banker, U.S. Oil Week, Securities Week and The
Washington Star.
He was Director of Public Relations for Gulf+Western
Industries, Inc., reporting to the Chairman, Charles Bluhdorn; Director of
Public Relations for Occidental Petroleum, reporting to the Chairman, Dr. Armand
Hammer; and Director of Corporate Communications for Wickes Companies, Inc. Mr.
Stern has also served as a speech writer for three U.S. Senators and the
Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board; written two computer books
published by Prentice-Hall; and served as a consultant to the U. S. Chamber of
Commerce and IBM.
Edward Kim, Managing Director Financial
Communications
Mr. Kim manages Stern and Company's strategic
financial communications and advisory functions. His diverse experience includes
a dozen years in the equity capital markets, working as a technology investment
banker, proprietary trader, institutional salesman and research analyst in New
York, San Francisco, London and Tokyo. He has run new corporate product and
service development for The NASDAQ Stock Market, and has served as chief
administrative officer for a publicly held software company.
Mr. Kim's career
encompasses 15 years of developing new businesses, educating investors and
decision makers, and advising C-level executives and Board members on growth
through capital transactions and acquisitions. He holds a B.S. from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Robert Rettig, Of Counsel
Mr. Rettig is a 23-year veteran of the Dow Jones organization, where he
managed the daily operations of the Dow Jones News Service, following a tenure
with United Press International. Mr. Rettig’s editorial skills are
widely-acknowledged. He is Stern And Company’s principal media relations
strategist and is responsible for major media relations campaigns, particularly
on the East Coast.
Richard Gotcher, Vice President Corporate
Communications
Mr. Gotcher has extensive media experience
covering financial and economic issues, both domestically and abroad. Prior to
joining Stern And Company, he edited the Eastern Europe Times, a daily financial
newsletter aimed at those entities engaged in business in the emerging Eastern
Europe democracies. Earlier he was a Washington reporter for the Dow Jones News
Service, a correspondent for The Daily Bond Buyer and Washington Bureau Chief
for the Donrey Media Group, a chain of 40 newspapers and several radio and
television stations.
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