President & Founder Russ Stoddard

We partner with other like-minded business founders and executive teams to elevate the stories of brands with the potential to make our world a better place.
There is no shortage of branding consultancies, ad agencies, P.R. firms, or marketing communications companies. So it’s a good thing for us that we picked a different lane. Oliver Russell is first and foremost a social enterprise. We believe that doing good is equally important as making money, and that simply making money is not a good enough reason to be in business.
Nearly three decades ago, our agency’s founder, Russ Stoddard, had the idea to merge his trade (public relations) with the then fledging movement of social entrepreneurism. Today, that notion is alive and very much kicking at Oliver Russell.
A new breed of socially conscious companies is changing how consumers shop, where employees work, and the way in which the world does business.
Rise Up—How to Build a Socially Conscious Business—sets the stage for this optimistic business trend where companies create financial profit for stakeholders through products, services, and business models that create social impact and public benefit.
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