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Rob Nichols, the former Treasury Dept. public affairs chief who leads the Financial Services Forum, has been tapped as president and CEO of the American Bankers Association in Washington.
Erin Donovan-Boyle, who is director of outreach for Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed, has been named executive director of the Newport County Chamber of Commerce, which is the second biggest in the Ocean State.
The Optical Society has recruited Tracy Schario as chief external relations officer at the Washington organization of scientists, engineers, students and entrepreneurs.
Tom Jackson, who has been VP-PA for the University of Georgia in Athens since 1988, is moving to the University of Georgia System, which represents 33 institutions in the state, as of Aug. 1.
James Rogers will join the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Feb. 18 as executive director of PA, a new position.
Marian Salzman, CEO of Havas PR North America, has been elected executive chair of Tucson Values Teachers, a group that works to recruit, retain and reward educators.
Stephanie Moritz, who was senior director for PR, social media and experiential marketing at ConAgra Foods, has moved to the American Dental Assn.
Rachel Bronson is the new publisher & executive director of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
The University of Oregon will use its Jan. 1 Rose Bowl (Pasadena) appearance to kick off a four-year branding initiative handled by the Newport Beach, Calif., office of Philadelphia headquartered 160over90 shop.
Washington-based AARP is looking for a PR firm to support its media outreach and events.
A black-tie crowd of 1,100 Wall Streeters, financial press and PR people had a night of fun and elbow-rubbing Friday at the Financial Writers' "Follies." This is one of about ten such posh events that dot the calendar.
The Council of PR Firms, founded in 1998 mostly with ad/PR conglomerate funds, and still dominated by them, is using "PR Council" as its new name. This echoes PRSA sticking with its failed APR program.
PRSA should copy International Association of Business Communicators which has dropped its accreditation program, switched its printed magazine to online, and sees cultivating small PR firms as its future.
Trade organizations, including PRSA and NAPL (the printing org whose CEO Joseph Truncale will join the Society as CEO on Jan. 12, 2015), are poor and late financial reporters. Top staffers make far more than most members.
Joe Truncale, CEO of the trade group for the mailing and fulfillment services sector, is the new chief of Public Relations Society of America.
The New York Public Library has named Carrie Welch chief external relations officer effective October 15.
Jersey-based Coyne has signed on as Columbia Business School's agency of record in charge to driving its new "At the Very Center of Business" market positioning.
Jeffrey Morgan, president and CEO of the National Investor Relations Institute, Alexandria, Va., since 2007, is moving to the Club Managers Asociation of America, Alexandria, Oct. 12 as CEO.
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