sandyskeesSandy Skees, a former Porter Novelli partner who ran her own sustainability PR shop for the past six years, has moved to Fenton in San Francisco as managing director of its West Coast operations.

Skees has been running Communications4Good out of Santa Cruz, serving clients in several sectors like tech (HP), clean tech (Visible Light), food (Discoll's) and consumer (Duracell). She previously managed Porter Novelli's global HP account as a partner and did stints at e-Merge Communications, Polycom and Martiny & Co.

At Fenton, she oversees its San Francisco and Los Angeles offices.

Erin Hart has returned to Fenton after a year and a half stint as director of communications for the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, where she helped build a PR unit. She was previously an EVP at Fenton and returns as chief client officer in San Francisco.