 Randy DeValk |
The Glover Park Group has brought on Randy DeValk as managing director. DeValk comes to GPG following almost 30 years, of public service, having held several positions within the Obama Administration, including counselor to the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, and counselor to Secretaries Geithner and Lew at the Treasury Department. At GPG, DeValk will focus on such issues as taxes, trade, appropriations, financial services, cryptocurrency and national security. “If someone has played a key role in more public policy issues over the last few decades, I haven’t met him or her,” said Joel Johnson, managing director and head of GPG’s Government Relations division.
 Dariel Y. Curren |
Development Counsellors International has promoted Dariel Y. Curren to executive vice president. Curren joined DCI in 1995 and has served as director of the company’s economic development division since 2010, creating programs that integrate high-profile media exposure for clients with websites and other digital strategies. She has also developed community branding and marketing strategies and serves as the agency’s media training specialist.
 Cathy Gillen |
PRR, Inc., has hired transportation communications veteran Cathy Gillen as a senior project director. Founder of The Gillen Group, a firm focused on transportation safety communications, Gillen has also held public affairs positions with the Governors Highway Safety Association, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. She will work with PRR’s Baltimore, MD team, led by Traceé Strum-Gilliam, PRR’s East Coast director of transportation.
 Andrew Stoltzfus |
Mobile PR network Spry has hired Andrew Stoltzfus as vice president of audience strategy & growth. Stoltzfus comes to Spry from Porter Novelli, where he led West Coast digital services. In his new post, he is responsible for creating digital strategies to recruit PR pros and journalists to join the Spry workforce, and growing Spry’s clients. “Andy embodies the start-up spirit and understands the importance of using data and digital channels to reach our audiences,” said Angie Schneider, founder and CEO of Spry.
HUNTER promotes Gigi García Russo to president and Michael Lamp to chief digital & transformation officer.... Cars.com Inc. a car-shopping marketplace, names Sarah Kettler CMO, effective June 15...The Trade Desk, an advertising tech company, appoints Sarah Gavin as CMO and EVP.
Brittany Sullivan, who held the senior VP-executive director of marketing post at Golin, has moved to Burson.
Codeword brings on Melody Brue and Jess Graham as part of a push to bolster its capabilities in market intelligence and commercial strategy... Havas Edge, which specializes in data-driven media, creative and customer acquisition strategies, for health, tech, consumer, retail and financial brands, promotes Pam Caputo to EVP, health media... Rezolve Ai, the London-based developer of Brain Suite, an enterprise AI platform purpose-built for agentic commerce, appoints Michele Fisher as CMO.
Jamie Dowd, who was most recently president of the health practice in the Americas at Weber Shandwick, comes on board at Allison Worldwide as global president, health + wellness, effective June 22.
Burson is bringing on Hanover managing director, Middle East Jonty Summers as head of corporate affairs in Dubai at the end of June... Ridgepost Capital, which had over $45 billion in assets under management as of March 31, names Brian McKenna VP, investor relations, effective June 15... The Center for AI Safety appoints Rochelle Nadhiri as head of public engagement. 
