With main offices in Atlanta, Georgia, Poston Communications utilizes a network on individuals selected for each project to best serve each client, many of whom work virtually.

Our diverse staff handles global projects, with a current focus on businesses based the Southeastern United States.

In addition to Atlanta, key staffers are located in Bradenton, Florida and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. This includes a newspaper editor with more than 25 years experience, a former public relations Vice President who has worked with more than ten Fortune 500 companies, and numerous former professional services marketing executives.

DAVE POSTON, ESQ.

• A licensed attorney, Dave has held numerous international in-house and agency positions for law and other professional services firms handling international responsibilities from offices in Atlanta, London, New York and San Francisco.
  
  
• Throughout his career, he has developed media opportunities for his clients and employers in hundreds of important international media and trade publications.
  
  
• Dave managed firm-wide public relations and marketing in various roles as marketing and/or public relations director or manager at King & Spalding LLP, Dorsey & Whitney LLP and Jones & Askew LLP. He worked with more than 20 West Coast law, architecture, construction, financial services, management consulting, real estate, technology and travel clients at Blattel Communications.
  
  
• Dave graduated from Emory University in Atlanta and Tulane Law School in New Orleans. He also received training in graphic design at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and sales with Miller Heiman and Motorola’s Six Sigma University.
  
  
• Dave has participated in the Legal Marketing Association in three cities, including currently serving as the President of the LMA Southeastern Chapter and having been a member of the 2003 Committee of the Year for the LMA New York Metropolitan Chapter. He is also a member of the State Bar of Georgia.
  
  
• Dave currently serves as Secretary on the Board of Directors of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) and is a swimmer on a U.S. Masters swim team based at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).

B. ANDREW PLANT, Writer

• B. Andrew (Drew) Plant is a seasoned communications and public relations professional who concentrates on writing. Because of his broader communications expertise gained over a 20+ year career, Drew’s writing is insightful and strategic, taking into account the exact role the writing plays in the big picture of each project or campaign.
  
  
• Among the things he writes for clients: Feature articles, op-ed pieces, speeches, Web site content, collateral materials, news releases and just about anything else. His public relations work ranges from consulting with clients about branding and strategy to helping gain “home run” media placements.
  
  
• Prior to his current work as an independent consultant, in which he frequently partners with other communications firms, Drew served as vice president, Communications & Client Services, for a national niche financial services firm.
  
  
• Drew’s writing and other communications work has won awards from the America Advertising Federation, the Society for Technical Communication, the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and the Public Relations Society of America. In October 2007, four pieces of Drew’s writing swept the Atlanta IABC Awards Feature Writing category.
  
  
• Drew holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Tennessee and a master's degree in public administration from Georgia State University.
  
  
• A partial list of Drew’s clients, past and present, includes: Arnall Golden & Gregory, Benefits America NA, Inc., Coca-Cola USA Fountain, Habersham Funding LLC, The Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, The National Academy of Nuclear Training, The Private Bank of Buckhead, The Task Force for Child Survival and Development (originally part of the Carter Presidential Center), The Tennessee Valley Authority, The World Association of Nuclear Operators, and various communications firms, including Poston Communications.

MEREDITH BELL, Account Executive

• Meredith received her J.D. from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 2009, where she served as a Judge Abraham Caruthers Teaching Fellow.
• While in law school she was honored as the recipient of the Dean’s Merit Scholarship and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Association Scholarship. Meredith received her B.A. in english, cum laude, from the College of Charleston in 2006.
• After completing internships with two law firms and the I.R.S., Meredith is excited to apply her legal knowledge to the exciting field of public relations.
  
  

LAURA PATTY, Account Executive

• Laura holds a bachelors degree in marketing from Kennesaw State University's Coles College of Business. She worked for a large architecture firm and a non-profit organization, both based in Atlanta.
• After working in the marketing and communications fields for a few years, Laura felt a pull to pursue a career in public relations. She is results oriented and is enjoying learning about all aspects of public relations.
• Outside of the office, Laura enjoys studying and making pottery, visiting art museums and galleries, kayaking and camping in western North Carolina.

REBECCA DILL, Assistant Account Executive

• Before joining the Poston Communications team, Rebecca interned at various public relations agencies in the New York and Atlanta metropolitan areas. She has been responsible for media relations, social media, branding and messaging for a wide-ranging variety of national clients such as: Broadway Across America, Simon Property Group, NCAA Football, Palladium Energy, The Arthritis Foundation and Cousins Properties.
• Rebecca has pitched and secured many national media placements, including the TODAY show, women’s fashion magazines InStyle, MORE and O, The Oprah Magazine, as well as several local print and online publications.
• Throughout her time as an intern with contemporary fashion designer, Jodi Arnold, Rebecca took part in a complete re-branding of the company. Her main responsibilities included aiding in the website makeover, marketing strategies to consumer and wholesale buyers, specialty event planning, strategic partnerships with major national clothing chains, and media and customer relations.
• Rebecca is a 2009 graduate of Auburn University with a B.A. in Public Relations, magna cum laude, and a B.S. in Apparel Merchandising, magna cum laude. While in school, Rebecca received the Euguene D. Hess Memorial Award recipient for Outstanding Public Relations Student and a 2010 Service Industry Advertising Award, Silver Medal for New Media for the Auburn University social network, Auburn Family.