 Parry Headrick |
March Communications has brought on Parry Headrick as senior vice president of marketing and communications. Headrick joins March from Matter Communications, where he was vice president of marketing & communications. Before that, he was vice president of marketing for San Francisco-based Shift Communications.” Parry is a proven marketing leader with a deep understanding of today’s communications industry, and his experience guiding multiple national PR agencies through accelerated stages of growth is going to be invaluable,” said March CEO Martin Jones
 Zena Lewis |
The Washington Redskins have promoted Zena Lewis to director of communications and hired Sean DeBarbieri as media services coordinator. Lewis, who joined the Redskins staff during the 2015 offseason, has been responsible for provides the media scheduling, promotional efforts, counsel and media training surrounding the Redskins players. Before coming to the Redskins, he contributed to the game day press operations for the Tennessee Titans (2009- 10), Detroit Lions (2011), Miami Dolphins (2012 preseason) and Atlanta Falcons (2012-14). DeBarbieri joins the Redskins with more than five combined years of professional and collegiate sports public relations experience, including internships with the Los Angeles Rams, New York Giants and the sports information department at Rutgers University.
 Karin Bonev |
Dix & Eaton has promoted Karin Bonev, Kellie Friery and Angela Rodenhauser to senior vice president, and Angela Almasy to senior account executive. Bonev, who has been with the firm since 2003, leads its internal communications practice and works with the marketing communications practice. Before coming to Dix & Eaton, she worked in education and communication at Victory Capital Management. Friery, who has been a part of Dix & Eaton’s investor relations practice since 2005, was previously an auditor with Ernst & Young LLP. Rodenhauser develops and executes comprehensive communications strategies and programs to support corporate executives in effectively positioning theirs. Before joining Dix & Eaton in 2000, she was with a different Cleveland-based investor relations consulting firm. Almasy joined Dix & Eaton in 2014 as an intern and was then hired as an assistant account executive. She moved up to account executive and, now, senior account executive. “These women are all proven leaders within our organization, and we couldn’t be more excited to announce their promotions,” said Chas Withers, CEO of Dix & Eaton.
 Jamie Needham |
Vistra Communications has hired Jamie Needham as senior vice president of marketing and communications. Needham comes to Vistra from NASB Financial, where she was vice president, marketing and e-commerce. She has also held positions in marketing and communications at Sprint, H&R Block, American Century Investments and Assurant “She will help merge our marketing and communications assets into one high performing cohesive unit, while providing valued support across the entire company,” said Vistra president and CEO Brian Butler.
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Christina Hoggatt, who has directed strategic communications for the U.S. Space Command and U.S. Space Force, joins HawkEye360, a provider of domain awareness and early-warning indicators to the U.S. Government and allied partners, as SVP, global communications.
Lark-Marie Antón, chief communications and brand officer at USA TODAY Co. (formerly Gannett), has joined Authentic Brands Group as CCO.
Katie Cronen, who spent nearly 16 years at maslansky + partners,
Reputation Advisors International brings on Loreley Maldonado, founder and CEO of Mexico City-based Eje Comunicación, as its newest member... Phoenix Children's, one of the nation's largest pediatric health systems, brings on Kevin Snyder as VP of marketing & communications... Motive, an AI platform for physical operations, names Andrew Bennett CMO.
