Melanie Hinton, senior PR manager at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International trade group, is joining Airlines for America on Jan. 5 as managing director for airline industry PR & communications.
She'll report to Jean Medina, senior VP-communications.
The more than 20-year PA and journalism veteran, will oversee operational communications and forge alliances with third-party supporters.
Earlier, Hinton was PA and campaign/events manager at the UK Embassy in Washington, communications manager at the National Assn. of Home Builders-Remodelers Council and industry relations chief at the American Nursery & Landscape Assn.
She has written for the Evening Sun (Hanover, PA), North Hills News Record (Pittsburgh) and Pennsylvania Law Weekly.
American Airlines, Delta, United, US Air, FedEx and UPS are members of the A4A, which represents $1.5T in economic activity and employs more than 11M people.
Business leaders will face challenges in the upcoming year, some of which will come as a complete surprise, or beyond anyone's imagination.
Teneo has hired Philipp Grontzki, who is a 20-year veteran of corporate communications and financial journalism, as a managing director in its strategy and communications group.
Rowan Benecke, who co-founded Zeno Group and helmed Burson-Marsteller's tech practice, has joined McKinsey & Co as director of communications for North America.
BCW has named Golin's Matt Coldagelli EVP and leader of its corporate affairs practice in Chicago.
Abby Bailey, who headed corporate communications for Fedex in its Middle East, India and Africa region, has joined Teneo as managing director in Dubai.
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