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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday named Mary Caraccioli chief of PR and media strategy.

Caraccioli is responsible for the organization's public relations and media strategies and messaging for all institutional initiatives, programs and performances.

Prior to joining Lincoln Center'S communications team, Caraccioli was senior VP of News and Planning at Al Jazeera America, where she managed day-to-day news, feature and arts coverage.

She also has worked at ABC, CNBC and created Emmy award-winning live shows Good Day Philadelphia on FOX-TV and Money Matters Today for Comcast.

“We are excited to have Mary join our team at Lincoln Center,” said Peter Duffin, senior VP of brand and marketing. “Mary's unique background as an award-winning journalist, television host and network executive offer our organization a rare opportunity to capitalize on that level of experience within the media and with corporate communications.”