 Meredith Eaton |
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, London-based B2B tech outfit, has brought on Meredith Eaton to join its Boston office as director of North America. Eaton comes to the agency from March Communications, where she most recently served as VP, working on clients across industries including cloud computing, telecommunications, enterprise software and hardware, IoT, security and blockchain. In addition, Hannah Patel has been promoted from commercial development director to director, UK. Meredith and Hannah will have overall responsibility for growth and client services in their regions and will report directly to Guy Walsingham, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry’s CEO. The moves follow the recent opening of the agency’s Berlin office, headed up by Saskia Stolper.
 Ann Edelman |
Zehnder Communications has promoted Ann Edelman to VP of PR and media. Previously, she served as PR director. In her new position, Edelman oversees both departments. Before coming to Zehnder, she ran her own firm, Edelman Advertising, for 17 years. Edelman began her career as a media buyer for Gus Weill Inc. Zehnder has offices in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Nashville.
 Courtney Worthman |
Burns Entertainment has added Courtney Worthman to its New York City office as senior vice president, brand and agency partnerships. Worthman comes to Burns from Cogent Entertainment Marketing, where she served as head of talent relations—celebrity and influencer procurement/influencer marketing. Previously, she was an account exec at Cohn & Wolfe and vice president, celebrity engagement at Alison Brod Marketing & Communications At Burns, Worthman will help to grow the agency’s overall and Fortune 500 client roster, as well as drive strategy in the celebrity, influencer and music licensing space.
The Walt Disney Company names Asad Ayaz to lead its newly established enterprise marketing and brand organization... Kaiser Permanente, which provides integrated healthcare services, is bringing on Beth Leonard as SVP and chief public affairs officer, effective Feb. 2. Leonard was most recently chief corporate affairs officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance... AIC Hotel Group, which operates such brands as Nobu Hotels, Hard Rock Hotels, AVA Resort and Spa and the UNICO Collection, hires Delia Osegueda as VP, global partnerships.
Sarah Knakmuhs, who formerly led H/Advisors Abernathy’s DC office, is joining the Financial Services Forum as chief communications and strategy officer.
Brian Hughes, chief of staff at NASA, has joined Mercury Public Affairs as a partner in its Tallahassee office.
Narrative Strategies brings on Stacia Tipton as managing director... Prosek Partners promotes Deirdre Bolton, Josh Clarkson and Jon Schwartz to partner... YAP Global, an international digital assets PR firm, promotes Otto Jacobsson, who has served as CFO of the firm since 2020, to CEO. 
Cindy Leggett-Flynn, who most recently led communications at Credit Suisse, is coming on board at Swiss multinational private bank and wealth management firm Julius Baer Group as group head of communications.
