About TVG

The Vandiver Group Inc. (TVG) is an award-winning strategic communications firm providing complete public relations, research, training and graphic design services. Founded in 1993, TVG is one of the largest independently owned public relations firms in St. Louis with a global client base.

Clients include Fortune 50 corporations, manufacturers, chemical companies, government agencies, transportation districts, healthcare organizations, retail businesses, not-for-profit organizations, environmental firms, professional associations and service providers.

The Vandiver Group, Inc. provides:

  • Strategy
  • Public Relations
  • Corporate Reputation Management
  • Internal Communications
  • Greening/Sustainability Marketing
  • Branding
  • Crisis Communications
  • Graphic Design & Web Development
  • Research
  • Training
  • Social Media/Word-of-Mouth Marketing

The Vandiver Group is a member of Pinnacle Worldwide, a leading global network of independently-owned public relations agencies with more than 60 offices around the world. Clients get the best of both worlds - the personal attention of a local firm, plus the vast resources of Pinnacle partners worldwide who can provide grassroots implementation. For more information on Pinnacle Worldwide, click here

The Vandiver Group's strategic partnership with GfK NOP provides valuable market data on a variety of worldwide consumer trends to TVG clients. TVG is aligned with GfK NOP and Pinnacle Worldwide partners to deliver “word-of-mouth” marketing and research using Influentials-the one in ten people who influence decisions made by the other nine. (For more information on GfK NOP, click here

We know different audiences look for their information in different ways and have varying expectations. We not only look at the obvious and traditional methods of creating interest in a clients product or service, but also the nontraditional or innovative - always based on the clients objectives and budget.

History

After a successful career in managing public relations for a variety of organizations and businesses, Donna Vandiver founded The Vandiver Group, Inc. (TVG) in her home in April, 1993. Before founding TVG in 1993, she was director of public relations for Monsanto Company, where she was responsible for corporate image, reputation management and media relations, company-wide, for the $8 billion global company. “As a communications executive at Monsanto, I worked with a lot of agencies, so I had a pretty good idea of what the ideal firm should look like,” Vandiver said. “That's the vision on which The Vandiver Group is based.

The firm moved into offices at Le Chateau Village in Frontenac in 1995 with two employees, expanding at that location a number of times to accommodate growth, most recently adding a dedicated training room and additional office space in fall 2001.

The firm was named to the 1999, 2000 and 2001 St. Louis Business Journal's lists of “Fastest-Growing Independently Owned Companies.” In 2000 and 2001, the firm was named one of the fastest-growing PR firms in the United States by the Council of PR Firms.

In 2003 and 2004, the company was named one of the Top 50 Diversity Owned Businesses in Missouri by Diversity Business.com and in 2004 one of the Top 500 Women-Owned businesses in the country.

In 2002, 2003, and 2004, the firm was honored by the St. Louis Business Journal in the “Best Places to Work in St. Louis” awards contest with first place in the Family Friendly category.

In 2005, TVG was named a “Best Place to Work” by St. Louis Magazine.

In July, 2006 The Vandiver Group moved into its new offices in Maryville Centre.