Joined
Alissa Pinck, former New York general manager for JS2 Communications, to Commit Media, a New York-based social change consulting firm focused on the entertainment sector, as VP of marketing and media. She was previously a VP for G.S. Schwartz & Co. and director of PR at DIC Entertainment.
Lucarelli |
Mike Lucarelli, director, global IR, Allen & Caron, to Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, New York, as director of market intelligence.
Lucarelli was previously a senior IR exec for Rubenstein PR and a VP at Merrill Lynch and SG Hambros.
Moreira |
Sebastian Moreira, video director, Trisha Creative, to DKC PR, New York, as director of digital content to lead the firm’s online video production.
Moreira is a former senior producer for Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., handling Elle.com and WomansDay.com.
Joe Libonati, managing director, Principal Communications Group, to Rubenstein Communications, New York, as a senior VP in the firm’s corporate entertainment practice, which counsels MGM, Fox TV, and New Regency, among others. He was previously at ID-PR and VP of corporate comms. at NBCUniversal.
Kerry Marshall Schmit, PR consultant and former assistant VP for comms. and media for the National Association of Manufacturers, to the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations, Alexandria, Va., as director of comms. Earlier, she was manager of comms. at the ERISA Industry Committee.
Hollie Geren Rapello, who was senior VP and director of comms. at Lowe & Partners Worldwide and SVP/dir. of comms. at Young & Rubicam NA, to McNeely Pigott & Fox PR, Nashville, as a senior comms. strategist.
Brad Jaffe, founder and president of Singapore-based issues and crisis firm Skelly & Monroe, to Edelman, Chicago, as a senior VP, crisis & risk management, under global chair Harlan Loeb.
Jones |
Sara Jones, managing director and leader of the crisis and litigation practices at Mercury, to Edelman, Los Angeles, as executive VP and group head for public affairs. She was previously senior VP for PA at Apollo Group and held roles with APCO Worldwide, Burson-Marsteller and Fleishman-Hillard.
Edelman counts Activision, Experian, Starbucks and Warner Bros. among its Los Angeles clients.
Peter DeMarco, comms. director for Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei’s (R-Nev.) election campaign, to Randle Communications, Sacramento, as a director. He was senior corporate relations manager for Allstate Insurance Co., a counselor for Sitrick and Company, chief of staff to California State Sen. Mark Wyland (R) and comms. director for Assembly GOP leader Sen. Dave Cox.
Appointed
Marie Baker, social media director at Coyne PR, Parsippany, N.J., to chair of the Word of Mouth Marketing Association’s newly formed Community Management Council. AT Coyne, she handles SM campaigns for clients like Burger King, Mary Kay and Playmobil.