 Amy McGahan |
Dix & Eaton has promoted Amy McGahan from senior VP to managing director. McGahan, who joined the firm in 1997, is a member of the firm’s leadership committee. Prior to joining D&E, she was associate director of community relations for the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center and PR associate for the Eliza Jennings Group. At D&E, she counsels clients on national, international and regional media relations strategy and execution as well as coaching senior executives on improving presentation styles and preparing for media interviews. In her new position, she will take on expanded responsibilities in business development, stewarding firm leadership priorities and mentoring others.
 Katherine Maiorana |
Sachs Media Group has hired former Golin executive director Katherine Maiorana as senior VP of business development and strategy. In her new role, Maiorana will lead RFP and pitch management, development of strategic new business plans, client prospecting, and creating and implementing new business processes. In addition to her business development responsibilities, Maiorana will manage several key client accounts and work with CEO Ron Sachs on strategic initiatives for the firm. She will report to Michelle Ubben, partner and SMG's president.
 Laurie Cairns |
Reputation Partners has hired Laurie Cairns as an executive VP and Chicago general manager. Cairns comes to the firm from Chicago-based Blast! Marketing & PR, where she was managing partner. Before coming to Blast!, Cairns led her own agency, LEC, for nearly three decades and also served as interim CMO for Aspect Software, a global technology company.
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.
