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Jim Houck

Senior consultant Jim Houck’s 15-plus years as a public relations professional includes a blend of experience on both the agency and client sides of the business, largely working with manufacturing, transportation, insurance, healthcare and professional services businesses. 

Prior to joining Pecchia Communications, Jim was most recently an account director at Hudson, Ohio agency Akhia Public Relations & Marketing Communications. There, he provided strategic counsel on integrated marketing campaigns for regional, national and global clients such as Diebold, Parker Hannifin and AmTrust Financial Services, among others.

From 2001 to 2007, Jim was an account manager at one of Cleveland’s largest advertising and public relations firms, Marcus Thomas LLC. His clients there included Alcoa Wheels, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, Ohio Steel Council, Hometown Health Network and the Cleveland Browns.

Jim started his career at Warren’s Delphi Packard Electric in an assembly position on the plant floor. He quickly ascended to corporate communications where he ultimately edited the company’s global newsletter, represented Delphi at the New York Stock Exchange the day it went public, coordinated events and news conferences in the United States and abroad, wrote speeches for executives, and acted as a corporate spokesperson.

A native of McDonald, Ohio, Jim earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from The Ohio State University. He resides in Boardman with his wife, Kathleen, a clinical nutritionist at Akron Children’s Hospital-Mahoning Valley, and their twin boys.