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Peter Finn has been a managing partner of Ruder Finn for 14 years and has been with the firm for 24 years. As Chairman of the Executive Committee he has been primarily responsible for the day to day operations of the firm. Under his management, the firm has grown in size from an agency with $10 million in annual fees in 1987 to an agency with close to $84 million in annual fees in 2000.

One of Finn's strengths is in the area of creating teams across specialties and offices through consensus building. Finn's unique ability to attract and manage some of the top public relations talents in the industry is well known in the public relations world. Working with the firm's top managers, he ensures that Ruder Finn's global resources are brought to bear in servicing large global clients.

Finn has been a member of the Public Relations Society of America for more than 15 years. He served on the Government Affairs Committee of PRSA and on the PRSA Major Agency Management Advisory Task Force.

Finn takes an active role in account oversight, with particular strengths in technology, business-to-business and consumer marketing, and has been involved in multiple PRSA "Silver Anvil Award" and "Creativity in Public Relations" programs.

Finn has a B.A. from Brown University and an M.A. from Columbia University.