On the Move: Prosek Partners Hires AmexCo's LaFiura

Jen LaFiura

Prosek Partners names Jen LaFiura senior vice president, head of brand strategy. LaFiura was most recently at American Express, where she held roles including vice president of global brand strategy & planning, director of global brand strategy and senior manager of global brand strategy. “Jen’s extensive global experience in brand strategy will allow us to continue to deliver our industry leading marketing and strategic branding capabilities to our clients,” said Neil Goklani, partner and chief marketing officer at Prosek Partners.

Kelly Estrella

Allied Global Marketing promotes Kelly Estrella to chief of marketing operations. Estrella, the company’s top female executive, previously served as executive vice president of client solutions, leading the agency’s cross-functional account teams for such clientgs as AMC Networks and Herschend Family Entertainment. “Since joining Allied in 2008 she has been an integral part of our company’s evolution, overseeing a number of large-scale initiatives that have been critical to our growth as an agency,” said Allied Global Marketing CEO Clint Kendall. “In this new role she will be responsible for the continued integration of our agency solutions to build an even more cohesive offering for our clients.”

Eric Dash

ProShares brings on Eric Dash as executive director, chief content and communications officer, a newly created position. Dash joins ProShares after running Golden Triangle Strategies, his own strategic communications and marketing firm, for the last seven years. Previously, he served as a senior advisor for policy and communications at the U.S. Treasury Department. In his new post, Dash will lead all external and internal communications as well as serve as a key contributor to strengthening ProShares’ brand and its policy affairs initiatives. “Eric has the right skills and experience to elevate our company’s content and communications, and help take our business to the next level,” said ProShares CEO Michael L. Sapir.

Brian Darling

Navigators Global is adding Brian Darling, a former top adviser to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), to its strategic communications arm as a senior adviser for communications and strategic partner. Darling currently runs Liberty Government Affairs. He worked for Sen. Paul as senior communications director and was previously senior fellow for government studies at the Heritage Foundation. “Targeted messaging has become almost as important as lobbying in terms of impacting federal policy,” Darling said in a statement. “I believe that Navigators is best suited to aid clients in crafting and delivering a message to federal politicians that will help the client accomplish specific government relations goals.”