Jersey-based Coyne has signed on as Columbia Business School's agency of record in charge of driving its new "At the Very Center of Business" market positioning.
FleishmanHillard, which is part of Omnicom, had the account.
Columbia's PR director Chris Cashman credited Tom Coyne's firm with having a "keen understanding of the complexities and trends shaping the global news cycle and impacting the business education marketplace."
Columbia dean Glenn Hubbard is committed to exposing students to real world business practice and equipping them with an entrepreneurial mindset.
Coyne is an independent firm.
Sherrie Mazur will join the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation as managing director, of communications on Feb. 14. 
Independent Diplomat, the nonprofit that promotes democracy by organizing opposition movements and activists, has trained its sights on Venezuela.
Robert Tappan has joined the International BioMetrics + Identity Assoc., the trade group for the identity technology industry.
Tiffany Haverly, who was at Finsbury Glover Hering, has joined the Internet Association as director of communications.
BGR Government Affairs represents the American Chamber of Commerce in South China as economic and political tensions between the two countries escalate.
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