9:23 am on March 30, 2011 by Jeffrey L. Cohen
President and CEO Jim Cobb Celebrates 30 Years at Agency
Our President and CEO Jim Cobb recently celebrated his 30th anniversary with the agency.
A farm boy from Vance County, N.C., Cobb pursued a job at Howard, Merrell & Partners because he could relate to agricultural clients like W. R. Grace and Company. Cobb got his start at Howard, Merrell & Partners in 1979 as an intern and joined the agency fulltime in 1981. The agency’s first employee with a Master of Business Administration, Cobb was hired as an account manager, with duties spanning everything from market research to account management. Cobb took the reins as president and CEO in 2004 after serving as an executive for more than 20 years.
