Jim Havey, Owner  

Jim Havey's PR career spans 20 years, beginning in New York City where he worked for 12 years. While with David Granoff PR in mid-town Manhattan (with a satellite office in the  South Beach section of Miami Beach), Jim helped handle accounts for high-profile personalities and businesses from the worlds of entertainment, hospitality, publishing, and fashion and beauty. REVLON's Guess Parfum National Tour with Claudia Schiffer, Wilhelmina Models, Soap Opera Weekly, The Jekyll and Hyde Club, The Eerie Pubs, Limelight nightclub, Peter Coppola Salon, Alberto-Culver, Cosmeceuticals by Dr. Nicholas Perricone, Anna Nicole Smith, and rapper Fat Joe, along with numerous film premieres and product launches, are among some of the notable accounts. In October 2001, Jim established his namesake PR firm in Nashville, the hometown of his wife, Lauren Braddock Havey — daughter of legendary hit songwriter, Bobby Braddock.  Jim Havey and his staff serve primarily to secure client point-of-view editorial placements in the Broadcast, Print, and Online media, and provides Special Event, Creative, and Marketing Strategy services.  The company represents a varied clientele including recording artists, entertainment industry enterprises, hospitality establishments, special events, and other businesses in Music City and across the nation.  Jim is a member of Public Relations Society of America, Country Music Association, and Academy of Country Music.

Jim can be reached at jhavey@jimhaveypr.com or 615.251.8802, ext 20.