Cherry and Company is a public relations firm that builds, enhances and repairs organizations' reputations from its headquarters in Memphis. 

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Cherry and Company's founder and CEO, Kim Cherry, is a lifelong Memphian who knows how to build reputational capital and get business done.  In more than 30 years as a public relations professional she has developed extensive expertise in strategy for media relations, internal and external communications, crisis communications and community and employee engagement.

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In her decades as a PR professional she's build extensive relationships with local and national journalists.  She's also built deep connections with other professionals she can call on when a project needs additional resources.  

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Kim Cherry's career at First Horizon Corp. culminated with the bank earning a top-five ranking for reputation among all 5,000 banks in the country.  Her work has earned awards for media relations, community engagement and employee engagement.  

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Under her executive leadership at First Horizon, she championed work/family programs that earned the company recognition for two decades as one of the nation’s best employers from respected organizations like BusinessWeek, Forbes, Fortune, AARP, American Banker and Working Mother. 

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During her career she earned leadership roles in national trade organizations and accolades as one of the top PR practitioners and female executives in Memphis.  She has served as a director on numerous nonprofit boards and is a graduate of the New Memphis Institute and Leadership Memphis.  She earned her Accreditation in Public Relations and a Bachelor of Arts in communication arts from Rhodes College.  She is a Standards for Excellence licensed consultant.  She completed the Leadership and Strategic Impact program through Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth and is completing her thesis for a Master’s in strategic communication through the University of Missouri School of Journalism.   

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Cherry and Company is certified as a LOSB by the City of Memphis and Shelby County and as a DBE by the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority.