{{Short description|American public relations firm}} {{Multiple issues| {{COI|date=October 2017}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2014}} {{notability|Companies|date=November 2017}} }} {{Infobox company | name = CommCore Consulting Group | logo = CommCore Logo.jpg | type = Private | founded = 1985 | founder = Andrew Gilman | hq_location_city = Washington, D.C. | areas_served = Worldwide | num_locations = 4 | key_people = Andy Gilman <br><small>(Founder and CEO)</small><br>Jerry Doyle<br><small>(Principal)</small>
Dale Weiss <br><small>(Senior Vice President)</small><br> Nick Peters<br><small>(Senior Vice President)</small> Amy Doman<br><small>(Vice President of Administration)</small> | industry = Public relations and crisis communications | website = {{URL|commcoreconsulting.com}} }}
'''CommCore Consulting Group''' is a specialty public relations firm concentrating on media training, messaging, crisis planning and response. CommCore has offices in Washington, DC, New York, Dallas, and Los Angeles.
==Corporate history== CommCore Consulting was founded in New York in 1985 by Andrew Gilman.<ref>"Profile: Gilman coaches CCG clients in the art of preparation," PR Week, June 14, 2004</ref> The firm subsequently opened offices in Washington, DC, in 1991, Los Angeles in 1998, and Dallas in 2012.
==Notable work== During the Johnson & Johnson's Tylenol 1 crisis in 1982, CommCore founder Andrew Gilman counseled the company on messages and interview preparation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204685004576046302759708050|title=Public Relations Learned the Hard Way|last=Vranica|first=Suzanne|date=2010-12-29|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Gilman specifically worked with Chairman James Burke to prepare for the critical ''60 Minutes'' interview as part of the product comeback.
CommCore provided counsel to Lockheed Martin executives after the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' and ''Columbia'' crashes in 1986 and 2003. CommCore's consultants prepared executives for interviews and Congressional testimony.
CommCore has prepared CEOs and other executives for interviews on all major media outlets including ''60 Minutes'', the ''Today Show'', editorial boards at ''The New York Times'' and ''The Washington Post''.
In 2017, ''The New York Times'' ran a story on CommCore's crisis simulation, PressureTest.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/business/media/crisis-pr-simulation.html|title=Who'd Create a P.R. Crisis on Purpose? Well, Only the Sweat Was Real|work=The New York Times |date=17 September 2017 |access-date=2018-07-11|language=en|last1=Maheshwari |first1=Sapna }}</ref>
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Category:Public relations companies of the United States