Roger Shirley
Editorial Director

Shirley, former editor of the Nashville Business Journal, joined McNeely Pigott & Fox in 1996. After a 19-year journalism career which included reporting and editing positions at the Bristol Herald-Courier in Bristol, Va.-Tenn., and the Nashville Banner, Shirley served as media coordinator for the successful Yes For Nashville campaign, which cleared the way for the Houston Oilers to move to Tennessee.

A native of Ft. Payne, Ala., Shirley graduated in 1977 from Emory & Henry College in Emory, Va., where he received an interdisciplinary degree in communications, political science and English.

Jennifer Brantley
Vice President

A member of the MP&F team for more than 10 years, Brantley specializes in account management, strategic planning, research, public relations, media relations and event planning. She manages health care accounts, including all aspects of public relations, media relations and strategic planning.

Her event planning and national media experience stems from clients such as the Gospel Music Association, Family Re-Union, Tennessee Sportsfest and Southern Festival of Books. A native of McMinnville, Tenn., Brantley has a B.S. degree in public relations from Middle Tennessee State University.

Mandy Cawood
Vice President

Cawood joined McNeely Pigott & Fox in July 2000 after more than two years at the University of Louisville's development office, where she developed fund-raising campaigns and strategies. Prior to her time at U of L, she interned at WKYT-TV in Lexington, Ky., and in Burson Marsteller's Washington, D.C., office. A Kentucky native, Cawood graduated in 1997 from the University of Kentucky with a bachelor's degree in journalism, with a special focus in public relations and marketing. Her specialties include media relations and writing.

Alice Pearson Chapman
Vice President

Chapman joined MP&F as a staff associate in 1995 and has since worked on behalf of clients in a variety of fields including retail, telecommunications and health care. Her specialties include grassroots campaigns, event planning and media relations. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and holds a bachelor's degree in communications.

Andrew Maraniss
Vice President

Maraniss, a native of Washington, D.C., joined McNeely Pigott & Fox in November 1998 after spending the previous six years in athletic media relations. He specializes in writing and media relations, working with clients in fields ranging from automotive remarketing to wireless technology. Maraniss served as media relations manager for major league baseball's Tampa Bay Devil Rays during the team's inaugural season of 1998. Prior to that, he spent five years as associate director of media relations at the Vanderbilt University athletic department. A 1992 Vanderbilt graduate, Maraniss attended VU on the Fred Russell - Grantland Rice sportswriting scholarship.

Courtenay Rossi
Vice President

A veteran national broadcast journalist, Rossi joined McNeely Pigott & Fox in November 2004. During her 15-year career in television journalism, Rossi most recently was a producer with NBC News in Washington, D.C., covering the White House and the 2000 presidential campaign. She has produced for NBC's "Nightly News with Tom Brokaw," "Today" and various special projects.

A Washington, D.C.-area native, Rossi graduated cum laude from Wellesley College with a dual degree in English and economics and received a master's degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University.