 Sara Dunn |
JPA Health Communications has brought on Sara Dunn and Margaret Bonilla as senior VPs and Lisa Rivero as VP. Dunn, whose experience includes stints at AgencyRx, Area23, DDB, Deustch and Saatchi and Saatchi, will be based in the firm’s DC office. Bonilla joins from Porter Novelli, where she also held the position of senior VP. Rivero comes to JPA from Ogilvy Feinstein Kean Healthcare, where she was account director. Both Bonilla and Rivero will be based in JPA’s Boston office. JPA has also promoted Carolyn Sobczyk and Melissa Zuckerman from account director to VP.
 Samantha Zupan |
Job and recruiting website Glassdoor has named Samantha Zupan VP of global corporate communications. Zupan, who helped launch Glassdoor in 2008, has also worked for LyonSHARE Communications Group, Singer Associates and Airfoil PR. In her new role, she will oversee Glassdoor’s communications functions, including PR, corporate communications, economics bureau, events, editorial, content and social media. Glassdoor says it gets an average of nearly 50 million unique users to its desktop and mobile applications each month. The company also recently appointed James Cox and chief financial officer and Christian Sutherland-Wong as chief operations officer.
 Cory Burns |
Kahn Media has promoted Cory Burns to VP-accounts and Franco Gutierrez to VP-creative. Burns, who has been with the company for nine years, is responsible for overseeing accounts and leading overall PR and marketing strategy for brands like MagnaFlow, Rolex Watch U.S.A. and Dinan Engineering. Gutierrez has led Kahn Media’s art department for five years.
 Dana Phelps Hughens |
PRSA’s Counselors Academy elected Dana Phelps Hughens, CEO of Clairemont Communications of Raleigh, 2018 chair. The Academy, which is comprised of owners/senior managers of independent PR firms, will hold its Spring conference in Toronto May 6-8.
Edelman names United Entertainment Group CEO Jarrod Moses as vice chairman. Moses will continue in his role at UEG... Burson brings on Matthew Wagner, who was most recently global client relationship manager and energy sector lead at Edelman, as EVP and global client leader... The Key PR appoints Jodi Maroney as principal. Maroney joins the agency after a 25-year run at Access Brand Communications.
Jeffrey Rosen, senior chair of the corporate department at legal firm Debevoise & Plimpton, joins FGS Global, where he will serve as senior advisor.
HUNTER brings on Lori Ruggiero as managing director of its corporate communications practice... Covo Intelligence, an independent research and intelligence firm, names Tony Cheevers director of strategic growth... MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) hires Brian Swarth as SVP of marketing, effective July 20. 
Whit Clay, who exited the Co-CEO slot at Sloane & Co. 18 months ago to head Longacre Square Partners’ New York office, has been promoted to serve as the first CEO of the financial communication shop.
Global Strategy Group names Claudio Taratuta as an EVP of the L@B, its in-house creative and media agency. Taratuta joins GSG from Praytell, where he was a founding team member... ROKK Solutions appoints Kris Havens as EVP of intel and insights. Havens was most recently a partner at Penta Group... Cliff House Maine brings on William Courtney Lowe as chief business development and brand strategist. Lowe joins Cliff House Maine from Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod, where he was VP of marketing & business development. 
