Patricia Rockenwagner, who was senior VP-marketing and communications at McGraw-Hill Cos., is moving to Conde Nast. She will take the senior VP-corporate communications slot effective Feb. 11.
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Reporting to Jill Bright, chief administrative officer, Rockenwagner will oversee PR, corporate positioning, media relations, employee communications and corporate social responsibility programs.

Patricia Steele, senior VP-corporate relations, will continue to support press-related issues under Rockenwagner.

Prior to McGraw-Hill, Rockenwagner ran global corporate communications for Paramount Pictures, and held marketing/PR posts at Time Warner Cable, Comcast and AT&T Broadband.

The Argentina native also worked the political arena as chief of staff to California State Senator Tom Hayden and researcher for the late Ted Kennedy.

Conde Nast’s roster of magazines includes New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Self, Glamour, Wired, Lucky, W and Golf Digest.

Shannon Eis, who had headed Conde Nast’s internal and external PR, exited for MWW last month. Maurie Perl, senior VP of media and comms., also left the company in January.