On the Move: Seven Letter Recruits NBC Vet Raffa
Fri., Mar. 6, 2026
By Steve Barnes
Seven Letter hires Allie Raffa, who was most recently White House correspondent for NBC News, as a senior director... Points of Light, an organization founded by President George H.W. Bush that is dedicated to volunteer service, names Jeff Zanelli as CMO... Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company appoints Nora Shepard as VP of communications.

The World Bank is looking to hire a Washington-based external affairs officer to serve as its primary contact for members of the media.
What our industry needs now is an immediate reexamination of structure, upskilling of talent, and re-assessment of how work is designed, executed, and delivered to clients.
The nation's capital is accepting proposals for a marketing communications campaign to promote the MY School DC common application and lottery program for families for the 2027-2028 school year.
Trump promotes Kristi Noem because he can't fire her. That would be an admission that he made a bad move in hiring her in the first place... The White House website maintains that the US "obliterated" Iran's nuclear capacity. So why are we currently turning it into rubble?... Americans overwhelmingly hate Trump's ballroom gambit.
Alcoa has named Emily Olson, who has more than 20 years of experience working in capital-intensive industries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, EVP & chief external affairs officer, effective April 6.
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer is helping the Embassy of Uzbekistan's efforts to attract increased trade and investment in Central Asia’s most populous country.
Longacre Square Partners has named Humza Vanderman partner and head of its London outpost as the financial communications firm expands into Europe.
Scout Lab is named communications agency for TrustedHousesitters, a home and pet-sitting community... Magrino lands BSH, the home appliances arm of Germany’s Bosch Group, as PR AOR for “Region North America”... Refuel Agency wins FY2025-26 and beyond for Veterans Florida, which connects transitioning servicemembers, veterans and spouses with career opportunities and entrepreneurship resources.
Precision Strategies, an integrated strategy and marketing agency with offices in Washington and New York, acquires Firehouse Strategies, a DC-based public affairs firm... AVENIR GLOBAL acquires London-based Thinks Insight & Strategy... Good Company, which bills itself as a “cultural engineering firm,” is launched by DJ Hardy, a veteran of Johannesburg-based communications consultancy arxna and M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment and Casey Stickles, who has worked at 5WPR, Rubenstein and MWW.
FGS Global adds former Pfizer EVP and chief corporate affairs officer Sally Susman to its global executive board as an independent member, effective April 1... Codeword brings on Kim Baffi, who was previously Salesforce VP and creative director, as executive creative director... Amperity, an AI-powered customer data cloud, appoints Bridget Perry as CMO.
Travel Nevada is seeking a creative shop that will be responsible for managing all aspects of its brand strategy and campaign production.

















