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| Alice Rao |
Hallmark Media names Alice Rao senior vice president of publicity. Rao previously worked as a communication and publicity consultant with Netflix, HBOMax, Turner Networks and MRC Media. At Hallmark, she will lead publicity campaigns, working with corporate communications, talent relations and events, programming, and various internal and external parties to align efforts and provide strategic guidance. Hallmark Media director of communications Annie Howell called Rao "a tremendous executive" who will be "a perfect fit for Hallmark."
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| Angie Leccese |
Commercial real estate company Newmark Group hires Angie Leccese as chief marketing officer. Leccese joins Newmark from CBRE, where she served as vice president of business development, Americas advisory marketing. In her new position, Leccese will be responsible for overseeing the planning, development and execution of Newmark's marketing and business development strategy, with a focus on driving growth through content marketing and sales enablement. "Angie's decades of experience in marketing and commercial real estate make her ideal to lead the strategic direction of Newmark's marketing," said Newmark CEO Barry Gosin.
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| Dan Garzia |
Provenance Blockchain Foundation, which works to help financial services firms adopt blockchain solutions, appoints Dan Garzia as CMO. Garzia has. Been vice president of digital marketing at both Franklin Templeton and BlackRock. He was most recently recently chief marketing officer at Securitize, a blockchain digital asset securities firm. At Provenance, Garzia will be responsible for building out the full range of Provenance's global marketing capabilities. "Dan's deep expertise across several industries and practices including tech, blockchain, traditional finance and marketing make him a unique leader—and a perfect fit for Provenance," said Provenance Blockchain Foundation CEO Moran McKenney.
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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