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CRT/tanaka Announces Three Promotions -- Announcement Reflects Continuous Growth of the Health Practice

Richmond, Va. (May 10, 2007) – CRT/tanaka, an award-winning public relations and marketing firm known for creative solutions and workplace culture, has promoted three staff members in its Norfolk office.

Kim Blake has been promoted to senior account executive. For the agency, Blake provides strategic communications planning, branding and media relations expertise for a variety of clients including AMERIGROUP Corporation, a publicly held company that improves healthcare access for low-income Americans and Fleet Laboratories, makers of Phospho-soda, the number one brand of laxatives sold in the United States.

Cara Antinarella has been promoted to account executive. For CRT/tanaka Antinarella provides strategic counsel and media relations support to the Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride, an annual motorcycle ride that travels across the country rising money for children’s charities and Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, an accounting firm based in the Southeast.

Emily Ackerman has been promoted to assistant account executive in the agency’s Health Practice where she provides account support to VHA Inc., one of the nation’s largest hospital alliances; Bon Secours Hampton Roads, a 700-bed health system serving southeastern Virginia; and Novation, the healthcare industry’s leading contracting services company.

About CRT/tanaka
CRT/tanaka is an award-winning public relations and marketing firm, known for creative solutions and workplace culture. The agency was formed in 2005, when Carter Ryley Thomas acquired New York consumer PR agency Patrice Tanaka & Company, Inc. to form one of the top independent agencies in the country. Headquartered in Richmond, Va. and New York, with offices in Los Angeles and Norfolk, Va.; CRT/tanaka specializes in three practice areas – Health, Corporate and Consumer. Through its legacy agencies, CRT/tanaka has been recognized with more than 260 national and regional awards for its strategic counsel, creativity and workplace culture. Clients include Sprint, Target Stores, Atkins Nutritionals, Capital One, Philip Morris USA, Charles Schwab & Co., Girl Scouts of the USA, Wines from Rioja (Spain), Chadwick’s, HoMedics, All-Clad Metalcrafters, DeLonghi, VHA Inc., Performance Food Group and ITT Corporation.