 Doug Bailey |
Rasky Partners has promoted Doug Bailey and Eric Weber to senior VP.. Bailey, who was also a senior VP at Rasky from 2001-2007, has most recently been serving in a senior advisory role at the firm. In 2007, Bailey founded his own firm, DBMediaStrategies, which he ran until this year. He also spent 15 years as a journalist with the Boston Globe, serving in such positions as business reporter, deputy business editor, political editor and senior assistant metro editor. Bailey will play a key role in helping drive the firm’s crisis and reputation management practice, developing sponsored content and devising communications strategies for clients across the firm. Weber has been Rasky’s controller for the past three years, and in addition to his promotion, he will continue to head the accounting department by overseeing the firm’s financial reporting and staff management. Before coming to Rasky, he was a director of accounting at Seniorlink.
 Kate Harrington |
The Berman Group has promoted Kate Harrington to managing director. Harrington joined the agency as a senior account executive in 2012. Before coming to The Berman Group, she worked at The American Wind Energy Association in Washington, D.C. She has worked with the firm’s marketing, public relations, events and graphic design teams, as well as managing new business development. Clients she has worked with include WX Executive Women in Real Estate, Building Owners and Managers Association, New York City Economic Development Corporation and Habitat for Humanity. In her new role, Harrington will use her experience working with each of the firm’s departments to help oversee internal and external strategies.
 Keisha Brown |
Lagrant Communications taps Keisha Brown as president. Brown will continue as the chair of the agency’s health and wellness practice. During her 23-year tenure at Lagrant, she has worked as account manager, vice president/media & promotions director and senior vice president/chief creative & innovative officer. The clients she has worked with include Carnival Corporation, California Department of Insurance, City of Los Angeles, Community Health Councils, MetLife, Southern California Edison, U.S. Army and Verizon. In her new post, Brown will be responsible for identifying and securing new business as well as overseeing client services. She will also lead teams in developing and executing communications programs for the firm’s advertising, marketing and public relations accounts and supervise the firm’s creative and media planning and buying teams.
Brittney Basden, who led public affairs and advocacy partnerships at the Washington Post has joined Bully Pulpit International as a managing director.
The DUX Group, a Washington, D.C.-based strategic communications firm that works with leaders in highly regulated industries, names Lauren Boland as VP... Workday, an enterprise AI platform for HR, finance and IT, names Sarah Kennedy Ellis CMO, effective Oct. 5. Kennedy Ellis joins the company from Google... Octave Specialty Group, a global specialty insurance firm, brings on Philip Stefano as managing director, head of investor relations. 
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.
