Lisa Benenson has left a senior VP role at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF for the top communications slot at the Natural Resources Defense Council in New York.
The former journalist heads a global staff of 40 covering marketing, digital and other communications disciplines as chief communications officer for the non-profit environmental group with 1.4M members and activists.
Climate change, ocean revival, clean water and endangered wildlife are among the NRDC's top causes.
She exits UNICEF after a year overseeing marketing and communications.
Benenson was previously a consulting editor at Newsweek and the Daily Beast, founding editor of Hallmark Magazine, and held top roles at Working Mother and Working Woman. She started out as a reporter and editor for Newsday and the Denver Post.
Former White House correspondent Ed Chen is director of communications for the NRDC in D.C.
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