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Daddi Brand Communications taps Kaya Heitman, VP-communications at Horizon Media, as senior VP... Teak Media + Communication recruits BackBay Communications pro Hayley Reissfelder as social media manager... Johns Hopkins Medicine appoints Suzanne Sawyer as senior VP, chief marketing & communications officer.
Mike Spahn, chief of staff for Washington Democratic Senator Patty Murray, has joined Precision Strategies as managing director.
Manifest names Jessica Becker managing partner of the New York outpost of the London-based shop. Ali Maynard James upped to managing partner in home office... KemperLesnick catches Ketchum's April Rueber... Buffalo Groupe adds senior VP trio of Teresa Olsen, Lauren Nodziak and Emily Clark.
Jack Deschauer, Levick senior VP who co-managed corporate affairs and crisis groups, joins Markstein.
Cookerly Public Relations has promoted Stephen Brown to the role of president.
MSL tabs Edelman's Isabel Long to lead business development... Red Fan Communications brings on Alicia Downard to head up client services... Agency network Tribe Global names Bolin Marketing's Todd Bolin as chair.
Brunswick Group has appointed Kate Holgate, formerly office head in Singapore, to lead its Hong Kong office... Will Carnwath will succeed her as office head in Singapore... Hilton has named Armin Molavi, who was at Havas Media Group, VP of global media strategy and execution... IMF Fashion names Alexander Wang alum Ian Edwards senior director of communications.
Hawaii Tourism Authority names Honolulu TV anchor Marisa Yamane as communications/PR director... National Club Assn. recruits Northfield Strategies' Joe Trauger as VP-government relations... Clyde Group hires Porter Novelli's Anthony LaFauce and British Embassy's Kate Greer... APCO Worldwide adds trio in London.
Zillow hires Dawn Lyon, who was chief reputation office & senior VP-corporate affairs at Glassdoor, to new post of chief corporate relations officer... AVANGRID, diversified energy company, recruits Zsoka McDonald from Hudson's Bay Co., for VP-CC slot... Florida's Children First names Jaye Abbate VP-communications & community relations.
Major League Baseball promotes Matt Bourne to senior VP-communications... broadhead adds Soren Erickson as VP, ups John Walker to VP... Zito Partners hires Ketchum's David Allan and J Connelly's Amiee Watts.
CashmanKatz makes senior VPs Eric Cavoli, Amanda Mueller partners and streamlines name... Invariant has hired Quincy Enoch, former federal affairs director of National Assn. of Mutual Insurance Cos... H+K Strategies taps Gonzalo Lamas as head of financial communications in Spain.
APCO Worldwide puts Theo Moore in charge of Brussels. He's a veteran of Brunswick, Text 100 and Edelman... Markstein hires Time Inc. alum Nina Iorg... Development Counsellors International makes Rebecca Gehman talent attractor.
International health and science agency network GLOBALHealthPR has named Tim Goddard president.
Sabrina Levine Communications names PR veteran Karen Amster-Young to strategic advisor team... International Dairy Foods Assn. names Matt Herrick to senior VP-executive & strategic communications, a new post. He joins from Rockefeller Foundation... French|West|Vaughan ups Kristen Levine to president of FWV Fetching, pet and veterinary practice. She founded Fetching, which F|W|V acquired in 2017.
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation names Marshall Stowell its first-ever communications VP. He was VP-external affairs at Population Services International... PR Talent search firm recruits Zeno Group's Matt Batt to head Chicago operations... Buffalo Groupe names Derek Koenig creative/content czar... Federal Advocates lures Kip Talley, who was chief of staff for Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, a strong ally of president Trump.
French|West|Vaughan names Natalie Best its first chief operating officer. She was executive VP/director of client services... LEWIS hires Gerard LaFond as senior VP from Weber Shandwick and Megan Maguire as Chicago head from MSLGroup... MERGE Atlanta recruits Joanna Horn from LEWIS for VP... Allied Global Marketing names Rick Gomes national publicity head.
Mark Thorne, global CFO and COO at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, takes same job at BCW, a fellow WPP unit.
Saxum hires Jennifer Monies as PA director in Oklahoma City. She joins from Oklahoma Achieves... The PR Trust names Tobias van Veen executive director. He was education/research director... PPG recruits NRA's Emily Elizer.
Hill+Knowlton Strategies hires Molly Schlinger for creative strategist post in the US. She was director of strategy & planning at Citizen Relations... Walker Sands, promotes Annie Gudorf to VP-PR... Spyglass Media Group eyes Kristin Cotich for executive VP-worldwide communications post. She had same position at MGM when it was helmed by Gary Barber, who heads Spyglass.
CAA Brand Consulting recruits Hill+Knowlton's Andy Sutherden as international head... Brunswick Group snags Matt Levine from Bloomberg TV, where he headed US programming... HKA Marketing Communications. rehires Mike Kilroy as group director for technology.
Ketchum has appointed Caio Bamberg Brazil chief executive officer, effective April 15. He succeeds CEO Valeria Perito and COO Rosana Monteiro, who will transition to advisory roles... M Booth hires James Marshall Spector as VP/creative director, Michelle Mason, VP/associate creative director... Crosby Marketing Communications adds Andrew Bellows to client services team in DC.
Don Stewart, longtime spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, is heading to trade association Global Automakers, where he will be executive vice president, public affairs.
Maccabee ups Jean Hill to executive VP slot and hires Christine Scherping from Carmichael Lynch Relate... Georgia Institute of Technology adds Renee Kopkowski as VP-communications. She's a veteran of Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen and Mars Inc... Boardroom PR recruits Mara Gordon as digital PR specialist... Zilker Media brings on Sara Pence from Texas Apartment Assn. Education Foundation.
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