A NOTE FROM COMMANDER IN CHIC, RACHAEL GLAWS:

I've always been a sucker for nostalgia and reflection. It's hard to imagine a time of year when those two emotions bubble up from the surface more vividly and take center stage, allowing for rumination and musing more than this.

As the year rapidly draws to a close, I feel incredibly lucky to look back at the AMAZING year we have had here at RGI. In light of the pandemic's devastation across our industry, I'm even more humbled and grateful ruminating on these thrilling last 12 months.

We were once again recognized as one of the best in the biz by our industry peers as well as the press.

We saw the return of our largest in-person programs - serving as principal production for the 80,000 attendees Army Ten miler for the sixth year and a key piece of the production team for the national Fourth of July celebration and national Cherry Blossom Festival, to name a few.

We expanded our hospitality verticals with new investments and service offerings in food and beverage and event spaces.

While we have been a national company for nearly a decade, in 2022 for the first time ever, New York, ranked first in production and volume, followed by California – allowing for the further growth and expansion of our national presence and footprint.

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We stretched ourselves creatively, achieving new heights of success for our clients as we passionately pursued the advancement of their agendas. Our clients were more diverse than ever, from nonprofits to educational institutions, policy organizations, burgeoning brands, retail giants and some of the world's most well-known and well-respected corporations.

To me - most impressively - we achieved an 89% client retention percentage in 2022/2023. Of all our many achievements, it is this last one I am most proud of – because it demonstrates RGI's commitment to our clients' success and OUR success because of that commitment.