 Ann Wool |
Ketchum has promoted Ann Wool to the newly created role of chief integration officer and appointed Con Franklin managing director of healthcare in London. Wool, a partner in the firm, has been with Ketchum for 17 years, most recently serving as president of Ketchum Sports & Entertainment and Ketchum Influencer. In addition to her new role, which is focused on accelerating the adoption of new products and services across the firm’s global network, Wool will continue to oversee Ketchum’s growing influencer, sports and entertainment specialties.. Franklin joins Ketchum from FTI Consulting, where he was managing director, life sciences & healthcare. Before that, he held positions as director, MHP Health Global, at MHP Communication and associate director at FleishmanHillard. At Ketchum, Franklin will be responsible for growing and shaping the firm’s healthcare offering, as well as providing senior counsel to clients and developing new talent.
 Matt Jackson |
Lambert, Edwards & Associates has promoted Matt Jackson to partner and managing director. Jackson has been with LE&A since 2005, most recently as consumer practice lead. Before coming to LE&A, he was marketing director at Lacks Cancer Center. Jackson will continue to lead Lambert’s Consumer/CPG Practice while expanding his role as a member of the agency’s leadership team. “Matt’s immersion in every aspect of the marcom field during the past decade and a half and his ability to attract and grow national brand clients makes him the ideal candidate to lead our integrated work,” said LE&A CEO and managing partner Jeff Lambert.
 Brittany Ramos |
Charleston, WV-based Orion Strategies has tabbed Brittany Ramos to lead its new Pittsburgh office. Ramos joins Orion Strategies from Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, where was coordinator, external affairs, directing strategic outreach efforts and representing the industry and company to the general public, media, elected officials, landowners, and other stakeholders. She is a recent winner of the Pioneer Award from the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter of the Women’s Energy Network. Orion founder Curtis Wilkerson says that Ramos’s “insights and experience in the energy industry augment what Orion has been doing for years.” Orion also has offices in Martinsburg and Buckhannon, WV and Columbus, OH.
Catherine Sullivan, global chief communications officer at Burson, has exited the WPP unit after a 12-year run.
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation hires Amy Martin Ziegenfuss as CMO, effective June 3. Ziegenfuss was most recently CMO at Carnival Cruise Line... Narrative Strategies brings on Hanna Beckman and Rich Casale as senior directors... Grayling has appointed Maury Postal as EVP, creative strategy and innovation services... HMH (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), an educational publisher and technology company focused on K–12 education, assessments and professional learning, names Jessica Naeve CMO.
Brunswick Group has announced that Teneo's Christian Buss and Netflix's Paul Shaw have joined the firm as partners in San Francisco.
4media group promotes chief operating officer Melissa Elsner to CEO, succeeding Ed Cyster... Seven Letter names Tanvi Purohit account director at its Seven Letter Labs unit... Moxie Strategies, which is marking its second anniversary, brings on Janice Laurente as EVP of public affairs.
Katie Hill, who served as communications director for President Obama, is joining The New York Times as SVP, global head of communications and external affairs.
