New Media Strategies CEO Appointed to PR Committee of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's Board of Directors

New Media Strategies CEO Appointed to PR Committee of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's Board of Directors

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- New Media Strategies, an Arlington, Va.-based marketing firm specializing in online brand promotion and protection, announced today that its Founder and CEO, Pete Snyder, has agreed to serve as a member of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's(R) (NCMEC) Board of Directors' Public Relations Committee.

The Public Relations Committee is chaired by Richard Kolodziej, President of the Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition, and meets several times each year to discuss strategy and tactics to help promote NCMEC. In addition, the committee defines how best to use marketing, communications, and public relations efforts to help NCMEC advance its goals of finding missing children and preventing child sexual exploitation.

"We are pleased that Pete has agreed to assist us with our public relations efforts," said Ernie Allen, President and CEO of NCMEC. "Pete's expertise and leadership in the online intelligence and viral marketing industries can greatly aid our work on behalf of missing and exploited children, and we look forward to having Pete's perspective on the online world as we work toward our public relations goals."

"It's an honor to work with this innovative and vitally important organization fighting for the safety and security of children," said Snyder. "New Media Strategies' expertise in online communities can prove extremely useful in advancing the work of NCMEC, and I'm thrilled to join their team."

About New Media Strategies

New Media Strategies pioneered the online brand promotion and protection industry. An online marketing and communications firm, NMS uses the power of the Internet to give clients and their brands a competitive advantage online, while safeguarding their products and services from the effects of negative perceptions and attacks online. Working closely with some of the world's leading corporations, NMS has become the "eyes, ears, and voice" for many of the top brands online. Leading companies such as AOL Time Warner, Burger King Corp., HBO, Newscorp, Northwest Airlines, Orbitz, RCA Records, Red Bull and Wyeth all rely on NMS to add value to their brands and guard their bottom lines. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, NMS was founded by former pollster Pete Snyder, who also serves as CEO. NMS was recently featured in Washingtonian Magazine as one of the 50 Great Places to work in Washington, D.C., and listed as one of the Inc 500 Fastest Growing Companies in America in 2004. To learn more about New Media Strategies visit http://www.newmediastrategies.net/.

About the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)

NCMEC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. NCMEC's congressionally mandated CyberTipline, a reporting mechanism for child sexual exploitation, has handled more than 270,000 leads. Since its establishment in 1984, NCMEC has assisted law enforcement personnel with more than 102,000 missing child cases, resulting in the recovery of more than 87,000 children. For more information about NCMEC, call its toll-free, 24-hour hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST or visit its web site at http://www.missingkids.com/.


Source: New Media Strategies

CONTACT: Sarah Nicholson, +1-202-298-7600, ext 201, or sarah@dbcpr.com,
for New Media Strategies; or the National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children Communications Department, +1-703-837-6111

Web site: http://www.newmediastrategies.net/
http://www.missingkids.com/


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