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CommCore Expands Leadership Team with Client Services & Business Development Hire

CommCore Consulting Group, a leading national communications firm, named Victoria Lion Monroe as its new Senior Vice President of Client Services & Business Development. Monroe brings over 25 years of experience supporting marketing initiatives, brand marketing communications and advocacy to CommCore.

A former Capitol Hill deputy press secretary, SVP and Associate Publisher for Washington-based
publications, Victoria will help lead the implementation of marketing and development solutions,
including CommCore’s media training and presentation training programs and crisis communications counsel.

Prior to joining CommCore, Victoria ran VLM Consulting, served as Senior Vice President at
National Journal Group leading strategic partnerships and business development strategies.
Victoria also led all efforts to support revenue generation, marketing and branding for publishing
companies including National Journal Group, Congressional Quarterly, and CQ-RC Group.
Victoria also worked closely with clients at notable Washington-based firms including Cassidy &
Associates, GMMB and Mindshare Interactive.

“With Victoria’s vast Washington experience working in the federal space and marketing
communications, I’m confident CommCore will become a stronger competitor in DC,” said
CommCore CEO Andrew Gilman.

“I am thrilled to join one of the preeminent crisis and media training firm in the US. CommCore’s
capabilities and team are second to none.” said Victoria Lion Monroe.

About CommCore
CommCore Consulting Group has been ranked as one of the Observer’s “PR Power 50”agencies for its work in crisis communications. The firm was also included in the Washington Business Journal’s 2018 Book of Lists as a top PR firm. These honors follows recent in-depth coverage of CommCore’s PressureTest™ crisis simulations in the New York Times and on National Public Radio. CommCore Consulting Group is a privately held specialty communications firm serving
businesses, government agencies, and non-profit organizations around the world. The company
specializes in strategic and tactical communications development and implementation across all
industry sectors, organizational crisis planning and responseexecutive media and presentation skills
training, message development, and internal communications skills development. CommCore is
led by its president and CEO, Andrew D. Gilman – a lawyer, award-winning journalist, and co-
author of the best-selling book Get to The Point. CommCore is headquartered in Washington D.C. and has offices in New York City, Los Angeles and Dallas.