GREENVILLE, S.C. [June 24, 2010] – Erwin-Penland (EP), one of the five largest advertising and marketing firms in the Southeast and a division of Interpublic Group’s Hill, Holliday, has strengthened its Advance America and Food For Thought teams with the promotion of LaBruce Boggan and has added to the Verizon Wireless team with the hiring of Tina Dickson.

Boggan has been promoted from junior account executive to account executive on the Advance America and Food For Thought teams. She has been with the agency for nearly 12 months and has her Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing from Clemson University.

Dickson comes to EP from Chernoff Newman, where she was employed as an account coordinator out of Pawleys Island, S.C. She is joining the ad processing team serving Verizon Wireless. Dickson is a graduate of Lander University with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. About Erwin-PenlandBased in Greenville, S.C., Erwin-Penland (www.erwinpenland.com) is a full-service marketing firm that provides advertising, event marketing, interactive, public relations and strategic planning services to clients including: Verizon Wireless, Denny’s, Lockheed Martin, BI-LO Supermarkets and Advance America. The 250-person firm is part of Boston-based Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos Inc., one of the nation’s largest ad agencies and a member of The Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG).