Carol Ruth

Founder and President

As a leader in the investor relations and public relations profession, Carol has built a reputation for providing clients with strategic communications advice and counsel across a wide range of issues. She has a strong track record working with a wide range of healthcare companies in all sub-sectors and stages of development. In 2010, she was recognized by IR Magazine as the recipient of the “Lifetime Achievement in Investor Relations” Award.

Carol prides herself on direct involvement with all clients and the counsel she offers her staff on client issues. She has a demonstrated ability to develop talent and professionals with exceptional dedication to the field.

Carol founded The Ruth Group in 1999 to focus on providing healthcare clients with strategic communications counsel and a high level of client service. Prior to founding The Ruth Group, she was chairman and chief executive officer of Edelman Financial Worldwide, with responsibility for the firm’s global investor relations and financial public relations practices. Before joining Edelman in 1997, Carol was founder, president and chief executive officer of Dewe Rogerson, founding and building the firm into a leading cross-border agency strategic communications agency.

Prior to Dewe Rogerson, Carol was senior vice president of Hill and Knowlton’s Financial Division for 18 years. She is a senior member of the U.S. investor relations trade group having served as national chairman and a member of the group’s ethics committee. One of the pioneers in investor relations, Carol has been instrumental in setting standards for investor communications. She has lectured domestically and internationally on both investor and public relations best practices.