We are a communications company started by a Black man run by two Black women. We connect brands, large or small, to not just the Black community but beyond. We're not just the leader in multicultural advertising. We started it.

Burrell Communications was founded in 1971, by Tom Burrell and then partner, Emmett McBain, and was originally named Burrell McBain. When McBain left in 1974, Burrell renamed the agency Burrell Communications Group.

In 2004, Ferguson who is Co-CEO of Burrell Communications Group (BCG), orchestrated a management buy-out of the agency when founder Tom Burrell retired. Fay and her partner collectively own a majority stake in BCG.

Thomas J. "Tom" Burrell (born March 18, 1939) founder and chairman emeritus of Burrell Communications, became one of the first African Americans in the field of advertising.

Burrell is a boy's name of English and French origin, derived from the Old French word burel, which described a reddish brown color and might have been a reference to a course woolen cloth or textile. Today, the name means both “knotty wood” and “tuft of wool,” displaying both the hard and the soft!

David Parkinson As cofounder and CEO of Method Communications, David Parkinson has built one of the fastest-growing tech PR and marketing agencies in the country, with offices in Salt Lake City, San Francisco and New York City.

1971 In 1971, seeking to spread his wings and responding to the need for advertising that would target the burgeoning African American market, he founded Burrell Communications Group. Many of his initial clients, such as McDonalds and Coca-Cola, still remain clients today.

Burrell Communications company history timeline By 1996 agency billing climbed to $20 million. In 1999 they sold a 49% minority stake to French media giant Publicis Groupe in order to fund its expansion.

English: nickname from Middle English, Old French burel, borel (also birel) 'reddish brown', referring perhaps to complexion or hair color. This was occasionally used by Normans as a personal name, perhaps a nickname substituted for the personal name.

The Burrell family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Burrell families were found in USA in 1880.

Paul Jackson Founder and CEO of Method:CRM, Paul Jackson, thinks so too. "Staff really want to work at a company that connects with the community. For the company to best serve and maintain employees, it should have some kind of connection with its community."

Melissa Waggener Zorkin When Melissa Waggener Zorkin founded WE, she wanted to tell the technology stories that weren't being told, and share the incredible ways human lives are transformed by innovation.