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| Lisa Horton |
ASTRSK PR names Lisa Horton president. Horton was most recently chief strategy officer at the agency and has also served as an executive VP. She was previously with FINN Partners. In her new post, Horton will work with agency CEO Elliot Tomaeno on areas that include hiring, new business and strategic client counsel across communications, PR, creative activations and events. “Lisa’s promotion is a testament to her exceptional contributions, steadfast commitment and leadership through the challenges of the COVID pandemic, economic uncertainties and industry shift,” said Tomaneo.
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| Ellen Copaken |
AMC Theatres promotes Ellen Copaken to senior VP marketing. Copaken joined the company as VP, growth strategy in 2022. She was previously managing director and partner at strategic growth consultancy Sterling-Rice Group. Before that, Copaken held senior marketing roles at Frito-Lay, PepsiCo and Hostess Brands. At AMC, she will report to chairman and CEO Adam Aron and will join AMC’s executive committee. “Ellen Copaken has truly distinguished herself as she grabbed the reins of our desire to launch AMC Perfectly Popcorn to the home market,” said Aron. “In the year and a half that she has been with us, her talent, skill and affable nature have been obvious to all who have interacted with her.”
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| Marinda Yelverton |
160/90 hires Marinda Yelverton as VP, creator and social, based in the agency’s Santa Monica office. Yelverton joins 160/90 from Whalar where, as senior VP, brand solutions, she led and mentored the North American client services team. She previously held senior positions at Ketchum, Edelman’s United Entertainment Group and Dentsu Creative (formally 360i). Yelverton has executed creator and talent-led strategies for brands across tech, beauty, fashion, CPG and entertainment as well as supporting key social platform partnerships.
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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