Griffin MarCom Inc. President Newly Appointed To Positive Growth Inc. Board Of Directors

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Russell Griffin, founder and president of Griffin MarCom Inc., has joined the board of nonprofit Positive Growth Inc. (PGI), it was announced today.

“We are issuing a challenge and an opportunity to Metro Atlanta, and the entire state of Georgia - to support the strengthening of families through Positive Growth Inc, while at the same time strengthening and improving their own organizations”

PGI, founded in 1994, to provide consultation to residential treatment facilities in Metro Atlanta, is today a DHR-licensed and COA accredited group home serving troubled and homeless males aged six to twenty-one. The organization also provides a full range of family, child, and adult person-centered, family-focused counseling services. With an overall focus on reunifying, uniting, and strengthening families, PGI is rapidly becoming a model for child and family service in the state of Georgia.

"My own mother's life work has been, and still is in the child and family care arena. I have spent a great deal of my life seeing and understanding the issues and opportunities that PGI and their client families face," said Griffin. "I look forward to fully supporting this organization in every way I can."

Griffin MarCom Inc. (GMI) is the full-service marketing and communication agency started by Griffin in 2002. Today it owns and operates Vibe Entertainment, one of the Atlanta's largest and most reputable social, corporate, and charitable event entertainment companies.

GMI also owns and operates Executive Adventure (EA), one of the country's most enduring experiential learning-based leadership development and team building companies - with over 30 years of continuous operation. EA's clients include: The CDC, Oxford College, Auburn University, The State Bar of Georgia Leadership Academy, as well as leadership programs for Jackson, Cobb, and Dawson counties to name a few.

EA will provide free leadership and team building programs for the young men and families of PGI, to assist in preparing all for further life success. Further, five percent of all 2011 new client revenue in the EA line of business will be donated to PGI.

"We are issuing a challenge and an opportunity to Metro Atlanta, and the entire state of Georgia - to support the strengthening of families through Positive Growth Inc, while at the same time strengthening and improving their own organizations," said Griffin.

Interested leaders can call Executive Adventure at 404.734.8843, or visit the Executive Adventure website for more information.

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About Griffin MarCom Inc.

Griffin MarCom Inc. is a full service strategic marketing and communications firm, founded in Atlanta in 2002. The company owns and operates one of the Southeast’s best known entertainment companies, Vibe Entertainment – and one of the country’s most respected, long-standing leadership development and teambuilding companies, Executive Adventure. Together, the firms help nonprofit, social, and corporate clients communicate, collaborate, and celebrate.