Smooch Reynolds Joins Irvine Company; TRRG Integrated with Stanton Chase
June 8, 2010 – After 23 years as a public relations and investor relations recruiter, Smooch Reynolds will become senior vice president of communications for the Irvine Company, a real estate development firm. Ms. Reynolds will transition her search firm, TRRG, Inc., to Stanton Chase International. “I realize this may be the biggest career decision I'll ever make,” said Ms. Reynolds. “However, I feel confident this position at the Irvine Company is an exceptional opportunity and an excellent match for me. I'm taking my own advice: Always be challenged, open to all possibilities, and willing to grow.” Launched in 1987, The Repovich-Reynolds Group (TRRG) has had a major influence on the communications and investor relations professions. Ms. Reynolds has placed key leadership talent at firms throughout the U.S. and internationally in the public relations, corporate communications and investor relations sectors. TRRG had been approached by the Irvine Company to conduct the search for a new head of communications. After meeting Ms. Reynolds, the senior management team instead asked if she would consider the job. Executives at Stanton Chase also had approached her about a leadership role within its organization. “It's important to me to take care of my constituencies,” she added. “Stanton Chase is a high-quality performance firm. They have empathy, a sense of humility and deep commitment to partnering with their clients and talent that is unusual in the search business, but critical to making the best placements.”