Ms. Purkey has recently joined Standing Partnership as an Associate.

She previously worked at Advantage Capital Partners, providing public relations and marketing support to the firm and its affiliates. Prior to joining Advantage, Ms. Purkey was a public relations account executive at Osborn & Barr Communications in St. Louis. Before joining Osborn & Barr, she worked as an account manager for Slack Barshinger, a business-to-business marketing communications agency in Chicago. Ms. Purkey's experience in public relations includes media relations, writing, research, strategic planning and project development.

Ms. Purkey graduated with honors from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor's degree in Communication.