Georgella Muirhead, APR
Partner/President

Georgella Muirhead served 24 years as Senior Public Relations Administrator in the Michigan cities of Ann Arbor, East Lansing, Southfield and Detroit.  She also held the position of Director of Communications for the Wayne County Commission and operated Georgella Muirhead Communications, Inc. before forming Berg Muirhead and Associates.

Georgella is a multi-faceted practitioner whose specialties include community relations and event planning.  Her community relations skills have been demonstrated in each of the four cities she has served and in the private sector.

She has received 28 national, state, and local awards for outstanding public relations and cable television programming.  In 1992, Georgella was the recipient of the Public Relations Society of America’s Silver Anvil Award, the highest award given by PRSA, for Excellence in Public Service-Government Communications. She is an accredited member (APR) of the Public Relations Society of America.

Bob Berg
Partner/Vice President

Bob Berg began his career as a reporter for United Press International (UPI) in Des Moines, Iowa before becoming bureau chief in Lincoln, Nebraska and Lansing, Michigan. He later became Michigan Capitol bureau chief for Panax Newspapers.

Bob served as senior public affairs advisor to two of Michigan’s longest serving Chief Executives, as Executive Assistant for Public Affairs to Michigan Governor William G. Milliken from 1977-1982, and then as Press Secretary to Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young from 1983 through 1993.  He serves as a consultant to Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick and assisted Kilpatrick in both of his successful runs for Mayor.

Bob has earned the reputation as a valued media relations specialist because of his “no garbage attitude” and keen understanding of how to package information.  As a former member of the media, he understands what is newsworthy and has made a conscious effort not to waste the media’s time with “junk.”  His long career working with high profile public officials has helped him develop key media contacts throughout the region and state.  

Jacqueline Robinson
Account Supervisor

Jacqueline Robinson joined Berg Muirhead in 2002 . She is skilled in media relations, community outreach, event planning and campaign development. Jacqueline has a track record of successfully leading account teams in high profile projects for both public and private sector client.

As a project manager on the 2008 Myrtle Beach Democratic Presidential Debate communications team, she was responsible for media outreach and debate logistics. Jacqueline also led the account team for the Skillman Foundation's Good Neighborhoods Initiative.

Prior to joining Berg Muirhead, Jacqueline served as communications director for Resurrection Promise Church in Detroit. Jacqueline is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and the Black Alliance for Educational Options.

Peter Van Dyke
Account Supervisor

Peter Van Dyke is skilled in several areas of public relations including media relations, community relations, event planning, marketing, copy and editorial writing, and media production. He has developed award-winning campaigns for clients in a diverse selection of industries including real estate development, non-profit, information technology, telecommunications, law, entertainment, health care and hospitality.

Prior to joining Berg Muirhead, Peter worked in public relations for the Detroit Institute of Arts. He is a founding board member of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit’s, New Wave, a member and annual meeting chair of the Public Relations Society of America's Detroit Chapter, and serves on the United Way for Southeastern Michigan’s Leadership Next Advocacy Committee.

Peter received a bachelors degree from Wayne State University in 2003 with a major in public relations and minor in media arts.

Peter resides in Midtown, Detroit with his dog Ernest.

Patricia Kemp
Account Executive

Patricia Kemp excels in media relations and developing press materials for public and private sector clients. Her editorial experience includes positions as staff writer and photographer for newspapers in the New England market. She has also freelanced for daily newspapers and online publications.

Patricia joined Berg Muirhead in 2004. Her journalism and writing experience has proven valuable for a number of clients, including public relations support of local and statewide ballot initiative campaigns. A transit advocate, she is a member of the Detroit Transportation Options for Growth (DTOGS) policy and communications team, the lead researcher and writer of the project’s press kit and briefing packet and editor of the DTOGS newsletter.

Chrystal Johnson
Account Manager

Chrystal Johnson, Account Manager, joined Berg Muirhead this year and provides extensive communications expertise in media and public relations, community outreach, event planning and social media marketing.

Prior to joining Berg Muirhead, Johnson provided communications consulting services to various clients, including the Motown Museum, Real Times Media, Handprint Entertainment, Daimler Financial Services and the Wayne County Chapter of the Links, Inc. Johnson has a background in journalism and worked at several newspaper outlets including the Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Automotive News and the Observer and Eccentric’s Mirror Newspapers and as a city manager for the nationally-distributed Rolling Out Urban Style Weekly magazine, Detroit edition.

Johnson has a B.A. in Journalism from Wayne State University in Detroit and is a member of the Public Relations Society of America.