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Media Relations Group Introduction Media Relations Group, LLC (MRG) is a public information company, specializing in public and private sector public involvement campaigns. The company provides media relations in both English and Spanish, marketing, graphics services, the organization of business interests, grassroots door-to-door consensus building, and serves as a spokesperson for our clients. For 21 years we have established a proven record of developing and executing successful Public Involvement Programs and Community Awareness Plans for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Miami-Dade Public Works, Miami-Dade Water and Sewer, Miami-Dade Expressway Authority and several private sector clients. The key to the success of the MRG team is the personal contact made with residents and business owners as well as their established relationships with government officials, community leaders and media. That day-to-day contact with our senior staff is the key to the efficient execution of client goals on time and within budget. MRG has an in-house graphics department that specializes in producing transportation and infrastructure- related materials. MRG utilizes the latest desktop publishing software to produce materials that capture the stakeholders’ imagination, in addition to providing the reader with relevant and easy to understand content. For the projects requiring Public Meetings/Hearings, MRG coordinates all activities including the site selection, producing meeting collaterals, developing mailing lists and setting up distribution sites for meeting informational flyers, site planning to maximize public participation, translating collaterals (Spanish and Creole) and tracking and following up with participants’ comments. MRG has a well-established Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) plan and all work collaterals created by our team go through an extensive QA/QC process to ensure client satisfaction. Only the highest-quality products are submitted to our clients and proper planning, execution and checking of work is critical to a successful QA/QC process. MRG STAFF INTRO Jeanette Gorgas, Public Information and Communications Professional Jeanette Gorgas is a public information and communications professional with more than 24 years of experience, working in various aspects of communications and television news media outlets throughout South Florida and media coordination experience on various complex transportation projects. Mrs. Gorgas is currently leading public involvement efforts on multiple bridge replacement and reconstruction projects such as the Snowden Pedestrian Bridge along Commodore Trail adjacent to Bridge 874293, the Bridge Replacement at N Miami Avenue over Little River Canal, and Bridge 874420 Replacement over C-100A Canal along SW 136th St between SW 70 Ave and SW 72 Ave. She also successfully leads public involvement campaigns for the Miami- Dade Transportation and Public Works Department (DTPW), Miami-Dade Water & Sewer Department (MD- WASD), and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 6 in Miami-Dade and Monroe County. Mrs. Gorgas was born and raised in Miami-Dade County and is very familiar with the City of Sunny Isles Beach. Laila Haddad, Public Information and Communications Professional Laila Haddad is a public relations professional with more than 37 years of diversified experience, who has worked in the planning, PD&E, design and construction management of major Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) projects over the past eleven years with MRG. Her expertise is in the production and management of all phases of roadway projects. She has served and continues to serve as lead Senior Public Information Officer on numerous design projects, overseeing all the public involvement activities required for those contracts. In addition, throughout the years Ms. Haddad has managed and provided technical leadership on a number of transportation and infrastructure projects for many agencies throughout Florida, including the FDOT District Four and District Six, Broward County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), Miami-Dade E-53