 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.
HUNTER promotes Gigi García Russo to president and Michael Lamp to chief digital & transformation officer.... Cars.com Inc. a car-shopping marketplace, names Sarah Kettler CMO, effective June 15...The Trade Desk, an advertising tech company, appoints Sarah Gavin as CMO and EVP.
Brittany Sullivan, who held the senior VP-executive director of marketing post at Golin, has moved to Burson.
Codeword brings on Melody Brue and Jess Graham as part of a push to bolster its capabilities in market intelligence and commercial strategy... Havas Edge, which specializes in data-driven media, creative and customer acquisition strategies, for health, tech, consumer, retail and financial brands, promotes Pam Caputo to EVP, health media... Rezolve Ai, the London-based developer of Brain Suite, an enterprise AI platform purpose-built for agentic commerce, appoints Michele Fisher as CMO.
Jamie Dowd, who was most recently president of the health practice in the Americas at Weber Shandwick, comes on board at Allison Worldwide as global president, health + wellness, effective June 22.
Burson is bringing on Hanover managing director, Middle East Jonty Summers as head of corporate affairs in Dubai at the end of June... Ridgepost Capital, which had over $45 billion in assets under management as of March 31, names Brian McKenna VP, investor relations, effective June 15... The Center for AI Safety appoints Rochelle Nadhiri as head of public engagement. 
