AUSTIN, TX (July 2, 2008) HC&B Healthcare Communications, one of the nation’s top 25 independent healthcare firms, has hired Erica Stevenson as account coordinator.

She will be working on the agency’s wide-ranging accounts, including managed care, physician medical groups, and hospital and diagnostic centers. She reports to Kim Carpenter, account director.

“Erica’s attention to detail will offer great support to our many accounts, which represent the full healthcare spectrum,” said Kerry Hilton, the agency’s CEO and creative director.

Before joining HC&B Healthcare full time, Stevenson, 21, worked as an account services intern for six months. Last year, during her 2007 summer break, she interned in the media department at SicolaMartin, an advertising and marketing subsidiary of Young & Rubicam Brands.

Stevenson received a B.S. in advertising from The University of Texas at Austin. She also served as vice president of Texas Lassos, a women’s service organization on campus dedicated to contributing to the University and Austin community. She lives in Austin, Tex.