 Randy DeValk |
The Glover Park Group has brought on Randy DeValk as managing director. DeValk comes to GPG following almost 30 years, of public service, having held several positions within the Obama Administration, including counselor to the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, and counselor to Secretaries Geithner and Lew at the Treasury Department. At GPG, DeValk will focus on such issues as taxes, trade, appropriations, financial services, cryptocurrency and national security. “If someone has played a key role in more public policy issues over the last few decades, I haven’t met him or her,” said Joel Johnson, managing director and head of GPG’s Government Relations division.
 Dariel Y. Curren |
Development Counsellors International has promoted Dariel Y. Curren to executive vice president. Curren joined DCI in 1995 and has served as director of the company’s economic development division since 2010, creating programs that integrate high-profile media exposure for clients with websites and other digital strategies. She has also developed community branding and marketing strategies and serves as the agency’s media training specialist.
 Cathy Gillen |
PRR, Inc., has hired transportation communications veteran Cathy Gillen as a senior project director. Founder of The Gillen Group, a firm focused on transportation safety communications, Gillen has also held public affairs positions with the Governors Highway Safety Association, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. She will work with PRR’s Baltimore, MD team, led by Traceé Strum-Gilliam, PRR’s East Coast director of transportation.
 Andrew Stoltzfus |
Mobile PR network Spry has hired Andrew Stoltzfus as vice president of audience strategy & growth. Stoltzfus comes to Spry from Porter Novelli, where he led West Coast digital services. In his new post, he is responsible for creating digital strategies to recruit PR pros and journalists to join the Spry workforce, and growing Spry’s clients. “Andy embodies the start-up spirit and understands the importance of using data and digital channels to reach our audiences,” said Angie Schneider, founder and CEO of Spry.
Tim Turpin, who led the venture capital and emerging technologies practices at Sparkpr during a more than 16-year run, has joined CodePR, a boutique shop focused on the VC arena.
Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery’s still-unnamed new sports joint venture has recruited SiriusXM SVP of communications Jessica Casano-Antonellis to head up its communications... State Street Corporation names Elizabeth Lynn EVP and global head of investor relations... Tailwind Nutrition, a sports nutrition specialist, hires Kristen Flemington as VP of marketing. 
Casey Hernandez, who rose to the senior VP for global corporate communications post at Herbalife, has joined Seven Letter strategic communications shop in its DC office.
James Byrne, a former New York Police Department detective who led the executive communications team for commissioner Edward Caban, will join the Secret Service on May 20.
Signal Group promotes Julian Graham to director and Vinny Sheu to director of creative content... Bevel appoints Libbie Wilcox as director of its New York office and lead of its alternative asset practice... Feldman Strategies names Chloe Barr communications manager. She was at Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis.
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