TONIC LIFE COMMUNICATIONS GROWS ITS TEAM: Philadelphia Healthcare Communications Agency Promotes Five Team Members and Hires Seven New Employees

Tonic Life Communications Ltd., a Philadelphia-based, healthcare communications agency, today announced that it has promoted five team members and hired seven new employees. In order to support in-line growth, as well as newly acquired business, Tonic works to continuously build its team and now totals more than 70 employees globally.

“The latest team promotions and additions represent our commitment to developing our team talent and as well as seeking out new team members to meet the needs of our growing business,” said Maryellen Royle, president, Tonic Life Communications, North America. "We are pleased to see growth of our Tonic family and to be part of the growing health care industry.”

Most recent promotions and new hires include:

Promotions:

·         Stephanie DeViteri has been promoted to senior vice president. Stephanie has played an integral role at Tonic for 10 years, currently serving as the strategic lead for several pharmaceutical and health & wellness accounts, while also managing professional development opportunities for the collective agency team.

·         Kelly Kutchinsky has been promoted to senior vice president. Kelly has honed healthcare communications skills working within both agency and nonprofit settings. As part of the Tonic team for the past eight years, Kelly has become a resident expert in reputation management, crisis communications and issues management.

·         Kate Callan has been promoted to vice president. Kate has been an instrumental member of several teams during her eight years at Tonic, having led an award-winning disease awareness campaign, seen many successful FDA approvals and driven key social media progress for a number of clients.

·         Theresa Dolge has been promoted to media relations director. During Theresa’s nearly 10 years at Tonic, she has established herself as a leader of the media team offering key strategic media insight for Tonic’s clients.  Theresa has many top-tier media relationships securing placements with influential media like CONAN, The Doctors, Good Morning America and the Associated Press.

·         Jenny Gallo has been promoted to senior account supervisor. Jenny has been a promising leader of many key accounts during her seven years at Tonic, and will now expand her oversight across new business.

New Hires:

·         Sarah Cooper Bobersky:  Sarah joins Tonic as an account supervisor, coming from The Pa Institute of CPAs where she served as strategic marketing administrator and spearheaded communications initiatives to raise awareness of the organization through both internal and external channels. 

·         Emily Boucher: Emily joins Tonic as a senior account executive, after working with healthcare accounts at FleishmanHillard in New York City as a senior account executive.

·         Carly Stark Markowitz:  Carly joins Tonic as a senior account executive from TPG Direct, a direct response marketing and digital analytics firm.

·         Melissa Maycott: Melissa joins Tonic as a senior account executive, most recently serving in a public relations and marketing role at Cooper University Health Care.

·         Brittany Harmon: Brittany joins Tonic as an account executive from Brian Communications, where she also served as an account executive.

·         Victoria Jordan:  Victoria joins Tonic as an account coordinator as a new college graduate from Monmouth University.

·         Rachel Yurchak:  Rachel joins the Tonic team as an account coordinator as a new college graduate from Penn State University.

About Tonic Life Communications

Headquartered in Philadelphia and London, Tonic specializes in healthcare communications and offers clients expertise in: advocacy relations, disease awareness, FDA actions, issues management, media relations, media training and social media. The award-winning agency’s client roster includes leading pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare services and consumer products companies.