 Heather Bliss |
LEWIS has appointed Heather Bliss senior VP, Boston. Before joining LEWIS, Bliss served as a VP at InkHouse and and executive VP at PerkettPR. She has more than 20 years of experience running integrated communications campaigns for B2B and B2C clients. Reporting to executive VP, U.S. Stephen Corsi, Bliss will oversee the development and expansion of the company’s presence in New England. Her hire comes as the agency is expanding its presence in the Asia-Pacific region as well as beefing up its executive team. Andrea Dubeck, who was a VP at Matter Communications; Joel Richman, formerly head of PR & marketing at ExO Foundation; and former MWWPR vice president Abby Berger have all joined LEWIS as VPs. pr
 Charlotte Fox |
The International Women’s Media Foundation has appointed Charlotte Fox director of communications. Fox joins the IWMF from MSL, where she was a vice president, working with clients focused on issues in public education, health care, media and gender equity. She also directed media training and message development. Before coming to MSL, Fox managed public relations activities at 360JMG and FleishmanHillard in Washington. D.C. In her new role, Fox will further develop and direct IWMF’s internal and external engagement strategies. She will also be a member of the organization’s leadership team. Founded in 1990, IWMF provides programs and grants that help ensure that women journalists worldwide are supported, protected, and recognized for their contributions to the news media at all levels.
 Jay Wampold |
Cloudability has hired Jay Wampold as its VP of marketing. Wampold comes to Cloudability from storage systems provider Qumulo, where he was also VP of marketing. He has also held marketing and communications posts at Amazon Web Services, information technology company Chef, and EMC Isilon. At Clouability, Wampold will oversee the company’s new Seattle office, lead the strategy and execution of all its marketing efforts and focus on shaping a new market category around driving continuous cloud spend optimization.
Michele Ziosi will rejoin Stellantis on Oct. 1 as chief PA officer responsible for Enlarged Europe and for the global coordination of the carmaker’s PA activities.
Inizio, which works with clients in the health and life sciences sectors, appoints Oisín Ó Gógáin as chief people officer... The Boston Beer Company names Allison Stransky CMO, effective Oct. 12. Stransky was previuosly VP and CMO at Samsung Electronics America... Newark Regional Business Partnership and its 501(c)(3) affiliate, the Renaissance Newark Foundation, bring on Kim Lewis-Collins as VP, marketing and business development, a newly created role. 
Carmichael Lynch president and manager Julie Batliner is joining Padilla as president, succeeding Matt Kuchariski. Kucharski will transition to a fractional role with the agency as an executive counselor through the end of the year.
Evan Shenkman, who has 25 years of law firm experience, is now a partner at professional services firm Baretz+Brunelle. He helped design and implement the first generative AI product for legal professionals.
Accenture brings on Emma Chalwin as CMO, effective Oct. 1. Chalwin joins Accenture from Workday, where she also served as CMO, with responsibility for building the brand and driving customer demand in markets around the world... The Vitamin Shoppe appoints Kimberley Gardiner EVP, chief marketing and growth officer. She joins from Tractor Supply Company... Fluent, a provider of commerce media solutions, names Jeanniey Walden as CMO.
