By Greg Hazley
Patricia Sullivan, senior director of corporate communications for embattled Blackbuster, has left the company after seven months for the top slot at MoneyGram, the Dallas-based funds transfer company.
Sullivan joined Blockbuster in July 2010. That followed the company’s hiring of Houston-based Pierpont Communications a year earlier upon the exit of longtime communications director Randy Hargrove.
Blockbuster last year filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with plans to close as many as 960 of its 3,000 U.S. stores through this year. It had about a billion dollars in assets versus $1.47B in debt.
Sullivan exited the video rental giant at the end of the 2010. Blockbuster hasn’t been reached about a replacement.
At Dallas-based MG, she handles reputation management, internal and external communications. The company, which is the top money order issuer in the U.S. and counts Wal-Mart as its largest customer, posted 2009 revenue of nearly $1.2 billion.
Previous postings for Sullivan included Texas Capital Bank (SVP, marketing and media relations) and Pizza Hut (director of PR). |