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Chiara RussoLaVoieHealthScience named Chiara Russo investor relations director. She joins LHS from Cantor Fitzgerald, LLC, where she was director, research analyst, covering small to mid-cap specialty pharma/biotech companies across several therapeutic areas. Before Cantor, Russo was VP, research analyst at Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC. “Adding Chiara to the team provides us with additional bench strength in IR and financial communications,” said LHS CEO Donna LaVoie.
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Lambert, Edwards & Associates hired veteran automotive and business journalist Brent Snavely as a director. Snavely comes to LE&A from the Detroit Free Press where he was lead automotive writer, covering Ford and General Motors. In his new role, he will work closely with the firm's investor relations, manufacturing and mobility clients, as well as providing strategic counsel firm-wide.
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Sierra ThompsonOsborn Barr recruited Sierra Thompson as account manger and Nicole Brodie as supervisor for the agency’s animal health team. Thompson joins the ag marketing shop from St. Louis-based Rukus, where she was director, project management. In her new role, she will be responsible for managing campaign initiatives and ensuring that client objectives are executed. Brodie comes to the agency from Memphis-based Archer Malmo, where she served as account executive. In addition to overseeing Osborn Barr’s animal health team, she will assist with communications program planning and management, client contact and relationship building.
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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