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| Keri Toomey |
The Bliss Group names senior VP and professional services practice co-lead Keri Toomey as the firm’s first head of employee experience. Toomey, who has been with Bliss since 2010, will work with a team to implement an employee development and engagement strategy that enhances and accelerates professional growth. She will also continue to serve Professional Services industry clients. “Keri sets a great example as someone who began her career as a Bliss intern and embraced every opportunity to grow as a professional while nurturing others along the way,” said Bliss CEO Cortney Stapleton.
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| Tad Druart |
Pierpont Communications brings on Tad Druart as a vice president. Druart was most recently VP, marketing at Alcatraz AI, the developer of an AI-driven facial authentication system. He has also held executive marketing positions at companies including Eagle Eye Networks and Cantata Health, as well as serving as an advisor to National Instruments and Dell. “Tad brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to our clients to help them create and execute data-driven marketing and communications programs that support the brand, demand and revenue goals of the business,” said Allison Murray, vice president and general manager of Pierpont’s Austin office.
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| Rasika Narang |
StrawberryFrog, an agency that works in areas including AI and experience design, hires Rasika Narang as its first chief growth officer. Narang comes to the agency from Viant Technology, where she served as senior VP, growth, product & brand marketing. Before that, she was a senior partner and managing director at Ogilvy, working with such brands as IBM, SAP, Lenovo, Philips and DuPont. At StrawberryFrog, Narang will oversee marketing, new business development and digital innovation for the firm. “Her deep expertise in creative, media and technology, as well as her hands-on experience helping clients navigate the complexity of today's marketing landscape, will add tremendous value to clients seeking to grow and transform their business,” said StrawberryFrog founder and CEO, Scott Goodson.
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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