Laura Braden Quigley, who managed business communications for the Sacramento Kings, has moved to the California Medical Association as VP of communications for the Sacramento-based group.
Quigley, who has been running her own shop for the past nine months, oversees internal and external communications for the CMA, which counts more than 41,000 members.
Prior to the Kings, she was a VP at Mercury Public Affairs and deputy communications director in the administration of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. She was deputy director for operations/planning for Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential bid and earlier worked on the agency side with DCI Group in Washington.
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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