StandOut is a unique collaboration of some of the region's best consultants in the corporate citizenship arena. Consultants from Corporate Community Partnerships, LaBreche, Moss Cairns, and Professional Services Marketing Inc., have developed a packaged service solution and work together to provide a customized, time-bound, step-by-step corporate citizenship process to companies throughout the country.

Working as a team, we are able to meet our clients' broad-based corporate citizenship objectives, providing integrative expertise in all aspects of corporate citizenship program assessment, development and implementation. We can help your organization with everything from choosing how to become involved and how to best utilize your organization’s resources in creating solutions to community issues, to strategically marketing your organization’s community relations internally and externally.

Our founders are leaders in providing clients with an innovative and integrated approach to corporate citizenship. The combination of their experiences is unique; Sonia Cairns and Pat Hoven have both worked in community relations at Honeywell and continue to work with the private sector on community issues. Beth LaBreche has worked extensively on Public Relations (PR) media campaigns for Twin Cities companies involved in corporate citizenship, and Terrie Wheeler has incorporated corporate citizenship programs into communications and marketing plans for clients.

Learn more about our accomplished team:

Sonia Cairns is Founder and Principal of Moss Cairns, a public affairs and business consulting firm. For 18 years, she has directed and facilitated a broad range of projects and meetings that help organizations position themselves as outstanding leaders on business, economic, workplace and public policy issues.

Pat Hoven is Founder of the consulting business Corporate Community Partnerships. Prior to forming her business, Pat was employed for 22 years at Honeywell as Vice President of Social Responsibility, Vice President of Community Relations and Local Government Affairs, as well as President of the Honeywell Foundation.

Beth LaBreche is Founder and President of LaBreche. Beth is a seasoned counselor to brand-name clients on issues and opportunities that affect clients’ reputations. She and her firm are skilled at strategically communicating a company’s philanthropic and pro bono initiatives in ways that help underscore the company’s brand to key audiences.

Terrie Wheeler is Founder and President of Professional Services Marketing Inc. Terrie guides clients through the strategic planning process surrounding a firm’s philanthropic and pro bono activities, into implementation which includes: communicating relationships with existing clients, attracting new clients, and increasing name recognition and awareness in the marketplace.