 Alan VanderMolen |
Alan VanderMolen is exiting as international president of WE Communications to pursue other interests in the upcoming weeks.
With his departure, Kass Sells will become global operating officer and Dawn Beauparlant takes on North American president duties on top of her chief client officer responsibilities.
Vandermolen joined WE nearly three years ago from Edelman parent company, DJE Holdings, where he did a two-year stint as vice chair. He also was president of Edelman’s global practices & diversified insights businesses for two years and Asia-Pacific chief for nine years.
Earlier, VanderMolen held various jobs at Burson-Marsteller for 13 years.
CEO Melissa Waggener Zorkin said her shop “has reached an exciting inflection point,” which is “an opportune time to make strategic changes to our global leadership team.”
Mod Op brings on John Powers and Alan Kipust as part of its Executive in Residence program, which already includes former Dun & Bradstreet chief data officer Monica Richter... Takeda Pharmaceuticals hires James-Denton Wyllie as head of R&D and external innovation communications... Veeam Software, which specializes in data resilience solutions, appoints Allison Cerra as CMO.
The Dallas Mavericks bring on Gina Miller as chief communications officer, a newly created role. She was previously with Major League Soccer team FC Dallas... Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit organization that advances arts advocacy, names Jamey Lundblad as CMO... Ambac Financial Group, an insurance holding company, names Karen Beyer managing director, head of investor relations.
Actum has hired Cecelia Prewett, who was president of DC Public Affairs at SKDK during a nearly 13-year run, as senior managing director in its Washington office.
Franz Paasche, who was most recently EVP for public affairs and communications at Columbia University, will join Verizon as EVP, corporate affairs, effective Nov. 10.
Horizon Family Brands, which includes Horizon Organic and Wallaby Organic yogurt, hires Andrew Springate as CMO... Wake Tech, a Raleigh, NC community college that serves over 70,000 adults annually, brings on Lisa Marie Ferrell, who previously led North America communications at Lenovo, as VP of communications and marketing... Golin brings on executive creative director Meg Farquhar in Chicago, and EVPs of strategy Tom Howells (Western Region) and Martin Coomber (New York).
