Contact Us Barbara M. Burns, President BBA Communications bburns bba-intl.com Barbara M. Burns is an in-demand communications consultant who specializes in formulating successful international public relations strategies, developing corporate positioning and messaging, and carrying out media relations programs in the United States and major media markets globally. She is founder and president of BBA Communications, a consultancy headquartered in New York City that offers Senior Counsel from business centers worldwide. She also counsels public relations agency management on international outreach. Barbara established BBA in 1990 as part of an international network of public relations agencies headquartered in Washington, D.C. She served as the Representative for North America for the Port of Le Havre Authority, France's largest container port, for nine years during this period. Previously she was Executive Vice President of GCI Group and was instrumental in building a worldwide GCI network. She also served as Senior Vice President, International, for Ruder + Finn. Barbara has lived and worked in public relations in France and Brazil. She began her international career with a well-known pharmaceutical company. An active member of the public relations community, Barbara was President of the New York Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America ( PRSA ) in 2007 and continues on the Chapter's Board of Directors. She has represented the International Public Relations Association ( IPRA ) at the United Nations in New York for a number of years and also has served on IPRA's Board of Directors. She is the 2001 recipient of the PRSA Atlas Award for Lifetime Achievement in International Public Relations. Britt Norrman is one of the outstanding public relations professionals in international media relations and travel & tourism. She arranges media tours and interviews in the United States, Europe and Latin America for a range of clients. She is familiar with the major media in these markets. She speaks seven languages fluently ( English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Swedish, Danish ). Britt has 20 years of experience in one of the most important tourist areas in the world the Costa del Sol, where she was an elected member of the tourist-promotion board for 9 years. She is a frequent lecturer on travel and tourism promotion. Eve Edwards is a media-relations specialist. With over 20 years experience in the public relations industry, she has mastered the art of creative and successful placements in television, radio and online media. Eve has arranged a multitude of interviews for clients on national networks and television programs such as Today, The Early Show, Martha Stewart Show, FOX News Channel FOX and Friends, CNBC Squawk Box and Power Lunch, CNN Your Money, Bloomberg TV, FOX Business Network Money for Breakfast, Associated Press TV and Reuters TV. Eve's numerous and varied media contacts are based on her personal relationships with producers, assignment editors and reporters. Recent print and online placements include the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Associated Press, Reuters, Market Watch, Dow Jones News Wire, Forbes.com, CNN.com, MSNBC.com, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Boston Globe and the Dallas Morning News.