 Amy Hitt |
Crosby Marketing Communications has promoted Amy Hitt to the newly created position of senior vice president, director of operations. Hitt has been with Crosby since 1994, most recently serving as vice president, director of print and broadcast production. She has played a major role in managing all vendor relationships to ensure the efficient and cost-effective production and implementation of client projects. In her new role, she will help oversee the agency’s day-to-day operations, resource management and technology initiatives.
 Jonathan Mark |
5W Public Relations has brought on Jonathan Mark as senior vice president of digital. Mark comes to 5W from Blue Fountain Media, where he oversaw the digital media and marketing practice. He began his career at GREY before launching his own startup, a food-themed social network that he sold to Delivery.com, where he subsequently served as vice president of marketing. Mark has developed and managed digital programs for such clients as Procter & Gamble, Kraft, Sony, Dewars, Bowlmor and Service King. As 5W senior vp, he will provide strategic advice and counsel to agency clients, as well as further developing its digital services and programs.
 Arlen-Dean Gaddy |
Lambert, Edwards & Associates has hired Arlen-Dean Gaddy as national director of business development. Prior to joining Lambert, Gaddy was client relationship manager for national leadership development and crisis preparedness firm Jennifer Maxson & Associates and Varnum Consulting, a specialty practice group within a business law firm. At Lambert, Gaddy will be the principal manager of new client relationships throughout the Midwest and coast to coast. His hire follows Lambert’s entry into the New York market.
 Ian Karp |
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, has appointed Ian Karp vice president, investor and public relations. Prior to joining Karyopharm, Karp was at Shire plc, most recently as vice president and global head of investor relations. He previously served as the company’s head of commercial assessment, playing a critical role in Shire’s acquisition of such companies as ViroPharma, Dyax and BaXalt. Before joining Shire, he was senior director for global marketing, emerging oncology brands at MedImmune, an AstraZeneca company. In his new post, Karp will lead all of Karyopharm’s corporate communications activities, including corporate visibility, financial communications, and media and investor relations.
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. 
Eitan Bencuya, who has more than 20 years of technology PR experience, has signed on with Brunswick Group as a partner in its San Francisco office.
DGA Group has lined up the former US ambassadors to Qatar and Saudi Arabia as senior advisors to help clients navigate that politically complex region.
Narrative Strategies names Adam Silverstein as managing director in New York. Silverstein was most recently head of media relations & thought leadership at Scient Public Relations... Mission North brings on Alex Hunter as EVP of health and innovation... Baird & Warner, a family-owned independent real estate services company that serves the Chicago area, appoints Jeanette Cutler as CMO.
