On the Move: Healthline Media Appoints Steve Swasey VP-Communs, Laurie Dewan VP-Consumer Insights; LaVoieHealthScience Ups Sharon Correia, Ella Deych; ActivisionBlizzard Names David Messinger CMO
Fri, Aug. 16, 2019
By Steve Barnes
Healthline Media has appointed Steve Swasey as as VP of communications and Laurie Dewan as VP of consumer insights... LaVoieHealthScience has promoted Sharon Correia to executive VP, integrated communications and chief strategy officer, and Ella Deych to VP, finance and chief operations officer... Activision Blizzard has named David Messinger chief marketing officer. Messinger joins the company from strategic consulting company Verum Ventures, where had served as CEO for under a year.
Relevance International has named Fiona Harris managing director of its UK office. Harris was previously head of VIP relations at UK department store chain Selfridges... Spotify has hired Matador Records director of publicity Shira Knishkowy to serve as the company’s communications manager... Hawkins International Public Relations has named Alexis Murray-Merriman account director in its West Coast office.
imre brings on Shanee Cohen as an executive vp and Stephanie Friess as a senior vp... Brandeis University recruits Dan Kim to serve as senior vp for communications... Printing tech company Memjet names Oscar Ibarra global marketing communications director.
Steven Restivo, who has been vice president, corporate communications at Comcast since 2013, is heading to United Airlines, where he will be vice president of global corporate communications.
Veteran journalist Barbara Pinto has been named practice leader, executive communications at W2O.
Brendan Daly, former communications director for Nancy Pelosi, has been named chief communications officer for the Recording Industry Association of America.
Real estate firm Avison Young brings on Melissa Dinslage as global director of internal communications... ChromaDex Corp. names Megan Jordan chief communications officer... broadhead. hires Steve Renier as talent chief.
Leo Burnett Worldwide has appointed Edelman alum Jordan Doucette to serve as chief creative officer in the global ad agency’s Chicago headquarters.
Jano Cabrera, who was previously senior vice president of corporate relations at McDonald’s, has been named chief communications officer of General Mills.
Cannabis holding comapny Shryne Group names Daniel Yi chief communincations officer... BoardroomPR promotes Felipe Calderon to creative director... Glen Echo Group hires John Perrino, who headed communicatons at George Washington University school of media and public affairs.
FoodMinds, a division of Padilla focused on food and nutrition affairs, consulting and communication, has promoted Elizabeth Stoltz and Lauren Shelar from account supervisor to director... Lambert & Co. has named Kristin Celauromanaging partner of its New York office. She will also lead Lambert’s Transaction, M&A and Private Equity practice... TIFF, a charitable cultural organization whose projects include the annual Toronto International Film Festival, has named Liz Kohn vice president, marketing and communications,
Saxum hires Kim Dahlberg, of the Texas Young Professionals group, to energize Houston accounts of Oklahoma City-based firm... 104 West Partners, promotes Alissa Bushnell to partner and Joan Wyly to VP-operations... Be Social, Los Angeles, taps Tera Leuthauser, veteran of Nike Communications and SplurgeNYC, for president post.
CompTIA, technology trade assn., has brought on Savannah Schaefer as senior director to work on cyber and supply chain security issues... Seven Letter adds David Knaus, aide to former Illinois governor Bruce Rauner, Justin Krakoff, staffer to Rep. Susie Lee, and Alfonso Hidalgo, alum of New England Council... LaVoieHealthScience recruits Harriet Ullman (Ogilvy PR/Feinstein Kean Healthcare vet) and Emmie Twombly (HuffPost writer).
M&C Saatchi Public Relations has appointed Emeka McQuade as senior VP and Adam Reader as VP... CBS News ups Lance Frank to VP-comms... IMAX hires Stephen Davidson to head IR. He was at Virgin Trains USA.
Tom Cochran, who oversaw digital initiatives for the Obama administration, has been named partner and chief growth officer at 720 Strategies,
Harlem Children’s Zone names Karen Sodomick chief communications officer. Sodomick joins the organization from New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where she was VP of communications... MGM appoints Meghan Gamber as VP, film publicity; Mari Dwyer VP, corporate communications and De’Jon Glover as manager, film publicity... Concacaf, the soccer governing body for North America, Central America and the Caribbean, hires Nicholas Noble as its director of communications. Noble comes to Concacaf from the Premier League.
Russell Wager, a six-year Mazda veteran, has joined Kia Motors America.
Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti names Dae Levine his director of communications. Levine joins the Garcetti Administration from digital campaigning company Revolution Messaging... G&S Business Communications promotes Heather Caufield, Dana Ferrell and Katy Hendricks from account director to VP... Skanska taps Anita Woolley Nelson chief strategy officer.
Interpublic today named Weber Shandwick CEO Andy Polansky chairman/CEO of its constituency management group. Gail Heimann, president, succeeds Polansky at Weber Shandwick.
Prophet lures PR veteran Bill Margaritis (Hilton Worldwide, FedEx, Bechtel) with senior adviser slot... Hill+Knowlton Strategies appoints Daniel Holmes creative director in New York... Lambert & Co. brings in Jordan Hoyer as general counsel and Lisa Wilkes as senior director of talent & culture... CFM Communications hires Kendra Beasley VP-communications.
Snap Inc. has hired Laura Nichols, former executive VP and chief communications officer at National Geographic Partners, as VP of communications... Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has appointed Leah Johnson as chief communications and marketing officer... Hotwire has promoted Sarah Kalhorn to VP.
U.S. Bank is bringing on David Palombi as global chief communications officer. Palombi joins the country's fifth largest bank from CVS Health, where he served as senior VP and chief communications officer... Insurance Information Institute has appointed Mark Friedlander as its Florida-based communications consultant. He was at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety... The Recording Academy has promotedLourdes Lopez Patton to VP-communications from senior director, marketing communications.
Hill+Knowlton Strategies has appointed Lori Small as a director in the US. Small comes to H+K from Golin LA, where she was VP... FleishmanHillard has named Marjorie Benzkofer chief strategy officer. She joined the firm in 1997... BCW is hiring the Sun’s deputy political editor, Steve Hawkes, to take the position of head of strategic media with its issues and public affairs team in London... Ferox Strategies, a Latino-led bipartisan government and public relations firm, has brought on Mark Williams as a principal, charged with leading its Republican outreach efforts.