David Rourk
President, Rourk Public Relations

Brian Kirwin
Director of Media Relations
Political Consultant

Brian Kirwin is a Natural Born World Shaker.

He is the agency's Director of Media Relations and also a political consultant extraordinaire. After graduating with Honors from Virginia Wesleyan College in 1991 with a Mass Communication degree, Brian honed his skills at a major international publishing firm, advertising agency, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association where he helped promote special events in Hampton Roads that raised more than $1 million dollars annually for three consecutive years. His outstanding relationships with the media are key to his success, as well as the uncanny ability to take complex subjects and situations and sum them up in three brilliant sentences or less.

Brian's love and understanding of politics can be traced to his upbringing. His father's parents were Republican organizers while his mother's parents were Democratic officials. As soon as he could walk, Brian was handing out literature. By 13, he was studying what emotionally moved people. Today he has more than 18 political campaigns under his belt at the local and state level and serves as a political consultant to some of the area's most powerful elected officials and business leaders. Want to know which way the wind is blowing in Hampton Roads? Brian is your man.

Affiliations
• Commissioner, Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities  

    Commission
• BRAC Citizens Advisory Committee
• Past-Treasurer - Delegate Robert F. McDonnell
    (Virginia's current Attorney General)
• Virginia Beach Performing Arts Center Advisory        

    Committee - Public Awareness Chairman
• Superintendent's Blue Ribbon Commission - Teacher

    Recruitment and Retention
• Virginia Beach Council of Civic Organization - past

    Vice-President, past Director
• American Marketing Association
• Virginia Beach Jaycees

Also see Brian's Political Leaders Profile from The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership Blog.

Jim DeBellis
Director of Government &
Academic Relations

Jim DeBellis knows the Virginia Beach government, academic, and business communities better than anyone in any local PR agency.

Jim served as the Virginia Beach
Director of Economic Development for 20 years (1970 - 1990). His expertise in public administration, planning, marketing and promotion are a huge asset to Rourk PR clients.

DeBellis' education and government alliances include:
• Board Member, Virginia Beach Education Foundation   
   (2007 - present)
• Board Member, Virginia Beach General Advisory
   Committee for Technical and Career Education
   (2006 - present)
• Former Board Member, Virginia Beach Public Schools
   (2002 - 2004)
• Past Chairman, Virginia Beach Vocational Advisory
   Committee
• Ex-officio member of the Virginia Beach Chamber of
   Commerce
• Former Board Member, Virginia State Chamber of
   Commerce
• Former Board Member & Vice Chair,
   Virginia State Tourism & Travel Advisory Committee
   (appointed & reappointed by three Virginia Governors)
• Former Chairman and Commissioner,
   Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission

Audra Byrn
Graphic Designer

Audra Byrn defines the cutting edge of creativity among graphic designers.

A native of Tidewater, Audra graduated with honors from the Art Institute of Atlanta and succeeded at some of Hampton Roads' top advertising agencies: Barker, Campbell, Farley and Mansfield; Group III Communications; Cortani, Morrison & Tobin; and Dave Iwans & Associates. In July 2004, this award-winning designer founded 4D Arts, a commercial design firm located in Virginia Beach. Her clients include Norfolk Southern Corporation, Special Olympics of Virginia, Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation, Virginia Zoo, Leave a Legacy, Angel Flight, as well as various ad agencies, restaurants, and healthcare clients. She consistently produces creative materials such as brochures, ads, posters and logos that are effectively used in public relations and marketing campaigns for a wide range of private, public and nonprofit businesses.


Christine Hall
Graphic Designer

Christine Hall is one of the most talented graphic designers in Virginia.

A native of London, England, she graduated with honors in graphic design and general publicity at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art and received diploma membership to the Society of Industrial Artists & Designers. In 2000, Christine founded Hall Graphic Design in Virginia Beach and has consistently produced creative and effective marketing materials such as brochures, ads, posters and logos for a wide range of private, public and nonprofit businesses at the local, regional, national and international levels. Her prior jobs include: Senior Art Director, Spirit Cruises Inc., Norfolk; Marketing Communications/Art Director and Creative Services/Graphic Designer, Sentara, Virginia Beach; Art Director, Kaplan Advertising Inc., Lafayette, La.; Graphic Designer, The Designshop Inc., (ad agency) New Orleans.

Ricardo Vidallon
Webmaster

The world is full of Webmasters, but there are few WebYodas.  Rick Vidallon is a WebYoda.

Long before the Internet became part of our culture, Rick was producing top-notch, award-winning visual products for businesses and broadcast networks. Anticipating the global impact of the World Wide Web, he mastered Web design. While others "construct" Web pages, Rick combines two decades worth of animation, graphic design and advertising experience to produce state-of-the-art, creative Web sites that grow your bottom line. Rick is the President of Visionefx in Virginia Beach, www.visionefx.net. His work has been featured on the Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc., Fox News and NBC Entertainment. He has designed Web sites for Fortune 500 companies such as Honda and Brunswick Boating Brands, as well as Honda Motorcycle Division, US Marine, Reynolds and Reynolds, and many more.

Nathan Smith
Videographer, Producer

In 1979 while other 14 year olds were playing street hockey, Nathan Smith was shooting his high school football games with a 16mm-film camera.

His skills grew throughout the 1980s as a cameraman for the local sports channel in New Jersey. After graduating in 1989 from Temple University, Magna cum Laude, Nathan landed jobs with local and national TV stations as a location soundman and lighting assistant in the Philadelphia/New York area.  During this time he worked on shows such as Dateline, Today Show, Nightly News, ABC 20/20 and Good Morning America. He eventually shot for all of these shows. Stepping out on his own in the late 1990s, Nathan traveled around the world as a freelancer directing and editing news stories for CBN's "Christian World News." He currently runs a highly successful video production company based in Chesapeake called HisVision Productions, which is committed to the highest quality and integrity in the business.