Greg Block Joins Benedetto Communications, Inc.

San Diego, Calif. (Oct. 24) - San Diego public relations veteran Greg Block has joined Benedetto Communications, Inc. (BCI) as Vice President, bolstering the senior leadership at the award-winning agency.

Block will be responsible for strategic planning, creative development and overall marketing and communications services for BCI's public relations and public affairs clientele.

Having worked in the public and private sectors, as well as in-house and outside agency counsel, Block brings unique experience and perspective to the BCI team and clients. Prior to BCI, Block managed the communications program for one of the country's most successful military base redevelopment projects, Liberty Station. As communications manager for The Corky McMillin Companies, he was responsible for media relations, community outreach, government affairs, crisis communication and special events for the 361-acre, $850 million project.

Prior to that Block spent time as a public information officer at the City of San Diego Water Department's Capital Improvements Program, as marketing director at a start-up technology magazine and as Vice President of another local public relations agency, working with companies and organizations in a variety of industries, including law, real estate and development, non-profit, health care, restaurants and hospitality, technology and entertainment.

Benedetto Communications, Inc. is an award-winning agency specializing in public relations, marketing and government relations for clients in industries including hospitality, lifestyle, architecture and design, consumer products and commercial and residential real estate. Clients include Barona Valley Ranch and Casino, Scripps Health, Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp. Cricket Communications, the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina, the Ivy Hotel, La Cave Rouge, D.R. Horton, Bajagua, Mental Health Systems and Psomas. Headquartered in San Diego, Benedetto Communications, Inc. has affiliate offices in Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, West Palm Beach and Washington, D.C. For more information, please call (619) 236-8397 or visit www.benedettopr.com.