In response to continued growth and an expanding client portfolio, Kimball Hughes Public Relations, a national B2B agency specializing in reputation and crisis communications management, media relations, and content development, has added Senior Advisor John Forberger, Public Relations Manager Alex Bacon and Public Relations Assistant Bianca Pell to the team as the agency responds to its expanding client roster. Forberger, Bacon, and Pell’s collective experience will support Kimball Hughes PR’s growing client roster in the insurance, financial services, technology, and non-profit sectors.
“Kimball Hughes PR is on a positive trajectory for unprecedented growth in 2025 as we approach our 30th anniversary this July,” said Rod Hughes, president of Kimball Hughes PR. “John, Alex, and Bianca bring new and complementary skills to our team that will help us continue to exceed client expectations as we add new work and further evolve the agency.”
Forberger, based in Florida, is a seasoned public relations professional with more than 17 years of experience developing brand strategy, communications planning, national media relations campaigns, and go-to-market plans for B2B solution providers. He has collaborated with Kimball Hughes PR previously as a consultant and now assumes a more defined role helping with brand strategy, team support with media relations and assisting in business development activities.
With nearly a decade of public relations experience, Bacon specializes in insurance, financial services, technology, and B2B communications. Prior to joining Kimball Hughes PR, he led fintech and Insurtech media relations and content development initiatives at a Boston-based public relations agency. In his new role, Bacon will lead public relations strategy and planning for various insurance, financial services, and technology clients. Bacon holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in integrated marketing communications from Georgetown University. A Chicago native, Bacon resides in Austin, Texas.
Pell previously worked with a Fort Lauderdale public relations agency focused on B2B and B2C long-term strategic communications, where she developed content, conducted media monitoring, and provided media relations support for clients in the wellness, technology, and nonprofit spaces. At Kimball Hughes PR, Pell will support media relations efforts and content development across all agency accounts. Based in Boston, Pell graduated from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with a degree in English and Public Relations.
In 2025 alone, Kimball Hughes PR added five new clients and has experienced consistent year-over-year growth for the past 15 years. To learn more about Kimball Hughes PR and the agency’s services, please visit www.kimballpr.com.
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Kimball Hughes Public Relations is a national agency specializing in reputation and crisis communications management, media relations, and content development with operations in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Hartford, Chicago, and Austin. Founded in 1995 by Gary Kimball and led by a team of former journalists, the agency provides innovative public relations and brand content solutions for B2B and B2C clients in industries that include insurance, finance, law, trade associations, hospitality, technology, healthcare, manufacturing, and others. Follow us on LinkedIn and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter PR Matters.