Pinnacle Worldwide 

Pinnacle member The Vandiver Group, Inc. (TVG), in St. Louis, welcomes Lawrence J. Cox as Vice President. He also becomes a member of the Executive Leadership Team of the company.

Larry brings more than 25 years of experience in strategic communications and public affairs. He joins TVG from DRS Technologies, headquartered in New Jersey, where he served as director of public affairs. He was senior manager of corporate communications for Engineered Support Systems, Inc. (ESSI) in St. Louis before the company merged with DRS Technologies.

Prior to his work at DRS and ESSI, he managed the public affairs staff for the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, overseeing the operations of over 75 public relations professionals at 15 subordinate offices worldwide. He was Press Desk Chief of the Coalition Press Information Center for Operation Iraqi Freedom in Kuwait City; Public Affairs Operations Chief for the Office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff and Public Affairs Director for the Air Force’s Stealth Fighter unit in Alamogordo, NM.

He has a B.S. in Public Relations from Kent State University and an M.S. in Management Science from Troy State University. He has an M.A. in Applied Military Science from the Air Command and Staff College.

The Vandiver Group, Inc. is a full-service, award-winning strategic communications firm helping clients strategize, visualize, articulate and navigate communications issues by providing strategic counsel, market research, public relations, graphic/web design and executive/employee training. For more information, visit www.vandivergroup.com.