Trish Taylor, senior VP in Ogilvy PR Washington's social change practice, has moved to Fenton to head its D.C. office as managing director.
Joe Wagner, current managing director of the Washington outpost, is shifting into an agency-wide role focused on healthcare.
Her client experience spans the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Feeding America, among others.
Taylor, who has a PhD in social psychology, was previously a senior planner and VP at DraftFCB and a partner at Ogilvy & Mather.
Bill Werde, CEO of Fenton, said hiring Taylor is a "powerful investment" in the firm's core sector expertise and agency skills like social, digital, creative and branding.
DJE Holdings, parent of Edelman and Zeno, launches RUTH as an independent shop named after Ruth Edelman, mental health advocate, wife and longtime business partner of Dan Edelman.
New York City PR firms make up the largest slice of O'Dwyer's 147 firm overall ranking with 33 of 40 in the New York/New Jersey area either calling Manhattan their home or having a presence there.
Subject Matter+Kivvit, which joined forces in May, has rebranded as Avoq, an integrated shop with more than 200 professionals in Washington, New York, Asbury Park (NJ), Miami and Chicago.
While PR pros stationed at in-house comms. teams and those working for agencies share many of the same objectives, they also have markedly different top priorities, according to a recent report.
Edelman is cutting 240 employees or about four percent of its workforce to cope with the cooling down of the PR sector, according to a memo from CEO Richard Edelman.
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