About Us

By design and philosophy, Rooney & Associates is a highly focused communications consultancy. This enables us to offer each client a strategic and customized communications program developed and executed by some of the public relations industry’s most experienced talent. It means that the principals of the firm are fully engaged in all client assignments and unencumbered by the responsibilities of managing a complex bureaucracy. The result: a high degree of personal engagement from senior-level professionals committed to incomparable client service.

Rooney & Associates was founded in 2003 by industry leader Terry Rooney. He has assembled a team of professionals who work together to deliver consistently excellent results. We transform our clients’ business challenges into strategic opportunities through high-impact media relations, sound public relations advice, corporate and crisis communications, and public relations branding campaigns.

“Rooney & Associates maintains excellent relationships with key journalists from renowned U.S. media outlets. Based in New York, Rooney & Associates takes advantage of their proximity to the key media outlets to establish effective working relationships with editors and writers on behalf of their clients. Rooney’s media expertise and network are of great value for Nobel Biocare.”
Nicolas Weidmann, Senior Vice President Global Communications, Nobel Biocare

Because Rooney & Associates is highly regarded and trusted by editors and writers of leading business and financial media, we have the access needed to help our clients gain a fair and open hearing with the right journalists. Our relationship approach to the media, combined with our ability to develop compelling story themes that deftly incorporate our clients’ key messages, enable us to achieve superior, strategically sound results.

Our current and past clients include AllianceBernstein, Stephens, Teton Advisors, Cohen & Steers, RSC Equipment Rental, Epoch Investment Partners, Smart Balance, Hedgeserv, Westwood One, bond insurance companies CIFG and FGIC, Riedel Research Group and global corporations such as Syngenta AG, a seed development and agrichemical company, Nobel Biocare, the leader in restorative dental products and Sonosite, a medical device company.

We invite you to contact us to explore how our media relations talents and strategic thinking can empower you to achieve your most ambitious business objectives.