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| Laura Oggeri |
The Medical Academic Scientific Community Organization, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing Boston’s Longwood medical and academic area, has hired Laura Oggeri, who has served as Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s chief communications officer since 2015, as vice president of communications and public affairs, effective Sept. 8. Before working for Walsh, Oggeri served as director of communications and senior policy advisor for then-Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray, who is now a senior advisor at Rasky Partners. “Laura has been a key member of my team for almost six years, overseeing the communications strategy for the City of Boston and helping guide some of our biggest initiatives,” said Walsh in a statement.
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| John Hooper |
FSB Public Affairs, a Core Strategic Group company, has brought on John Hooper as senior vice president. He joins comes to CSG from WPP digital strategy firm Group SJR, where he served as managing director, leading its public affairs practice. He was previously a principal at JWH Consulting, and has also managed the California Department of Education’s Washington, D.C. office. In his new position, he will manage FSB Public Affairs’ Orange County office, along with daily interaction with clients and client teams. “John’s background and experience throughout the country bring a fresh approach to CSG and further enhances our ability to meet clients’ needs across the political spectrum, and especially in California,” said CSG President and CEO Jeff Flint.
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| Darren Goode |
Zumper, a free online and mobile rental search marketplace, has named Darren Goode as its first chief marketing officer. Most recently, Goode was president, chief marketing & commercial officer at London-based women’s health technology company Elvie. He previously held senior marketing and general management leadership positions with L’Oreal, P&G, Paramount Pictures, Babylon Health and Apple, where he was head of Europe for iTunes. At Zumper, his responsibilities will encompass brand, creative, content, communications, product marketing and customer insights. The company says its platform receives 14 million visits every month.
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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