Case Studies

Job Corps Earth Day Every Day Campaign

10/18/2011
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The Friends of Gaile Owens Campaign

6/1/2011
Gaile Owens, a domestic abuse survivor on death row, nearly became the first woman executed in Tennessee in almost 200 years. But thanks to a legal effort closely coordinated with ...

Metro Nashville Airport Authority

2/16/2010
Nashville has grown significantly as a city over the last decade, from the dozens of relocated corporate headquarters to the renaissance of downtown Nashville. And as Nashville has evolved, the ...

Earth Hour Nashville 2009

1/25/2010
How do you convince hundreds of Music City businesses, owners of major buildings and residents to turn off all nonessential lights for one hour on a busy March Saturday night?

Nashville Health Care Council

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A national spotlight was shining on Nashville in October of 2008 as Belmont University hosted the second of three presidential debates between John McCain and Barack Obama. To take advantage ...

Nashville for All of Us Special Election Campaign

4/14/2009
For two years, a group in Nashville worked to make English the only permissible language for use by Metro government. Tapping into public anger over immigration issues, Metropolitan Nashville Council ...

Job Corps

8/22/2008
In 1995, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps program faced a problem in the Southeast: how to recruit more age- and income-appropriate students to the program’s education and job ...

Meth Destroys

7/29/2008
In September 2005, the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference retained MP&F to conduct a statewide anti-methamphetamine campaign. There were multiple objectives: to educate and inform the public, particularly school-age youth, ...

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MP&F Promotes Coppens, Despot

9/21/2012

McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations has promoted Katie Coppens and Mitchell Despot to associate account executives. Both previously were staff associates.

“Katie and Mitchell have delivered excellent work during their time at MP&F,” said partner Alice Chapman. “We are proud of all they have accomplished here, and we are excited to watch them succeed in their new roles as associate account executives.”

Coppens, an Alabama native, joined MP&F in 2011 and has worked with a variety of client teams, including the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps program, Harpeth Hall School, Sun & Ski Sports and the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference. While at MP&F, she has worked in such areas as event planning, media relations, advertising, grassroots campaigns, materials development and website development.

She recently provided support to the Tennessee Titans organization in its successful funding request to the Nashville Sports Council for nearly $30 million in stadium upgrades, including Jumbotrons, ribbon boards and speakers.

Coppens graduated summa cum laude from the University of Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in public relations and a minor in political science. Before joining MP&F, Coppens interned with the Children’s Hospital of Alabama’s corporate communications department and worked in the media relations department at the University of Alabama. While at UA, she served as press secretary for the Student Government Association, editor of Platform online magazine and vice president of communication for Alpha Chi Omega sorority.

Nashville native Despot graduated cum laude from Lipscomb University with a bachelor’s degree in oral communication and a minor in political science. Despot interned at MP&F in the spring of 2011 and joined the company as a staff associate later that fall.

While on staff at MP&F, he has worked with client teams including the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps program, CSX Transportation, Nashville Predators, Feld Entertainment, Hennessy Industries and the Ronald McDonald House Charities, focusing in such areas as media relations, event planning, grassroots campaigns, materials development and website development.

Earlier this year, he assisted the Nashville Predators with communication support as the club renegotiated its lease with the Nashville Sports Authority, resulting in a renewed 15-year lease with Bridgestone Arena.