 Kim Sample |
The PR Council today announced that Kim Sample, who has more than 30 years of PR experience, is taking over for president Renee Wilson on August 1.
Sample did a 13-year stint at Ketchum before launching Omnicom’s Emanate shop and doing an executive VP/general manager stint at Text100.
Matt Harrington, PRC chair and Edelman COO, led the five-member board committee that conducted the search for Sample. It worked with executive recruiter Donna Renella to identify and interview candidates.
Wilson, who was global chief client officer at MSLGroup, assumed the PRC president post in 2016.
Roger Bolton plans to step down as CEO of Page, the association of strategic communicators, at the end of the year following a 13-year run.
Sherrie Mazur will join the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation as managing director, of communications on Feb. 14. 
Independent Diplomat, the nonprofit that promotes democracy by organizing opposition movements and activists, has trained its sights on Venezuela.
Robert Tappan has joined the International BioMetrics + Identity Assoc., the trade group for the identity technology industry.
Tiffany Haverly, who was at Finsbury Glover Hering, has joined the Internet Association as director of communications.
