Bill Getch

Before starting Professional Services PR in 2002, Bill served in a number of key communications roles, including:

SVP of Marketing Communications for iXL/Scient (Atlanta)

Communications Director and company spokesperson for BellSouth (Atlanta)

Investor Relations/Financial Comm. Manager for MCI (D.C.)

Issues Manager/Executive Speechwriter for Grumman Corp. (New York)

His career started in New York with Grey Advertising/GCI Group where he led publicity and fundraising efforts in the reopening of Ellis Island, which earned his team a Silver Anvil award.

He has had the opportunity to create speeches, strategic plans and communications for Lee Iacocca, Rupert Murdoch, and dozens of CEOs and high-level officials.

Among his fondest early career memories are stints as a part-time radio news writer in Sandusky, Ohio, and a brief interlude as TV segment producer in Moscow.

He served on the board of childrens literacy group Everybody Wins! in Atlanta and supports Global Leadership business missions in Ukraine.

He received his B.A. in English and B.A. in Public Relations from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. He lives just north of Atlanta in Roswell with his wife, Kirstie, and their three children.