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PR News: Red Banyan CEO Evan Nierman Discusses Tyson Foods’ Sloppy Slip-Up

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Vlad is Vice President at Red Banyan. He is a skilled communications professional, with more than a decade of expertise in media relations, crisis management, copywriting, search engine optimization, and online reputation management. As part of his role, Vlad also advises on corporate AI strategy and oversees AI-based technology implementations at the firm. He joined Red Banyan in 2015 after graduating summa cum laude from Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor’s degree in communications and multimedia. He then earned his master’s degree in international relations at Harvard University where he was included on ALM Dean’s list for academic achievement.

Red Banyan Founder and CEO Evan Nierman, an expert in crisis communications, discusses in PR News the furor surrounding the drunken behavior of Tyson Foods CFO John Tyson, who was found asleep in a college student’s apartment.

The 23-year-old was arrested for public drunkenness and trespassing. Read the full story here.

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