 Kristy Wilson |
Kristy Wilson, current general manager of FleishmanHillard’s Austin office, has been named GM of the Omnicom unit’s Chicago outpost.
Wilson has managed FH’s Austin office since 2015. She joined the agency in 1998, first serving as a vice president, and later SVP, in the agency’s Dallas office. Prior to joining FH, Wilson was a member of Sprint’s public affairs team in Florida. She began her career at Tallahassee-based advertising and public relations firm Kidd & Driscoll (now Kidd Group).
Lauren Walters, who’s served as GM of FH’s Dallas office since 2012, now becomes GM of a combined Texas offering that includes the agency’s Dallas and Austin locations.
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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.
