Bob Chandler, the Chandler Chicco Companies founder and CEO who leads parent inVentiv Health's communications operations, said he will retire in June.
Chandler, a Burson-Marsteller alum, founded the healthcare agency in 1995 with Gianfranco Chicco, building it into a top independent healthcare PR shop with blue chip clients like Allergan and Novartis. They sold the firm to inVentiv Health in 2007 for $65M.
inVentiv, owned by private equity firm Thomas Lee Partners, said it will be "sourcing" a successor to Chandler, adding that longtime Chandler Chicco staffer Lisa Stockman, a managing director, will step into the role of president of the firm.
InVentiv tapped Chandler in early 2013 to head a revamped communications operation, including PR, policy, advertising and digital, in addition to his CCC leadership role.
Lo Isidro, senior director at Real Chemistry with more than a decade of strategic communications and PA experience, has joined Narrative Strategies.
Nelson Fernandez, former North American chair of APCO Worldwide and managing director of Burson-Marsteller, has joined Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires as director of communications and PA.
Lilit Bargar, who was most recently an EVP in the healthcare practice at Weber Shandwick, comes on board at GCI Health as EVP, corporate practice lead.
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