Principals

Ray Kemble
K&R’s president, has 30 years' direct PR and agency management experience and another seven years of related experience as an industrial photojournalist. He has planned and implemented hundreds of successful PR programs; written and placed thousands of news stories reaching client markets; and arranged positive news coverage in major business, financial and consumer media. He became an Accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America in 1981.

Roger Rude
K&R's vice president and director of client services is a 35-year PR veteran of Armco Steel, Blue Cross-Blue Shield and GE, as well as two of Cincinnati's largest ad agencies. He has conceived successful PR programs for both manufacturing and service industries and gained editorial exposure for clients in hundreds of publications, including such national media as Wall St. Journal, Better Homes & Gardens, Popular Science and Reader's Digest.