By Greg Hazley
Cohan |
Jennifer Cohan, managing director at GolinHarris who has handled accounts like Olympus, Unilever and McDonald's in a 20-year career, will jump to Edelman early next year to chair its linchpin global consumer practice.
Based in New York, She takes the Edelman post vacated by Christina Smedley, who left for the VP, global communications, slot at PayPal in October.
Cohan oversees GH/New York's strategic direction and operations and handles accounts. She previously led Cohn & Wolfe's New York consumer unit and was deputy managing director at Cohn & Wolfe/London.
Cohan will report to Alan VanderMolen, president and CEO of global practice for Edelman.
Dove, Trojan and Starbucks are among Edelman's consumer clients. The practice has 887 staffers and consistes of 27% of the firm's overall revenue, which topped $600M last year. |