Lisa Rawlins, senior VP of public affairs for Warner Bros. and former head of the California Film Commission, is retiring at the end of the year.
Rawlins is slated to wrap a 25-year run at the fabled Burbank studio during which she worked production affairs, sustainability and corporate responsiblity, as well as PA.
The Los Angeles Times, which first reported her retirement, called Rawlins the driving force as the first director of the California Film Commission, starting in the mid-1980s as a lobbying voice for the state's key film industry.
She started her PR career as press secretary to Gov. George Deukmeijian.
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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