 Andrew Cross |
Walker Sands has promoted Andrew Cross from VP to senior VP of PR. Cross has been with Walker Sands since 2011. For the last year, he has overseen all strategy and growth for the agency’s PR group based in Chicago. He also serves as an ambassador for Walker Sands to independent PR agency network PROI Worldwide. Before coming to the agency, Cross worked with brands including American Express, Dish Network and Livestrong.com on developing strategic communications initiatives.
 Alison Chartan |
Signal Group has hired Alison Chartan as VP. Chartan joins Signal from Weber Shandwick, where she most recently served as vice president. Before that she was with Chandler Chicco Agency. Chartan has worked across the health care spectrum, with expertise in such areas as women’s health, cancer, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, food allergy/anaphylaxis and food insecurity. At Signal, she provides strategic communications support for health care organizations in advocacy engagement, social content development, public affairs, digital and earned media strategy, education and programming.
 Viviana Millan |
Hill+Knowlton Strategies has brought on Viviana Millan and Mireia Sáenz de Buruaga Saelices as managers on its corporate and crisis team. Millan, who will work out of the firm’s Madrid office, comes to H+K from Havas, where she was a senior PR account exec. She previously worked at Ogilvy Public Relations and served as government affairs and market access specialist at pharmaceutical firm Sandoz. Sáenz will be based in H+K’s Barcelona office. She has developed strategic communication plans for such clients as Honda Motor Europe España, Sanofi and the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation. The pair will head up the corporate and crisis team in H+K Spain, working across sectors to provide advice and offer strategic counsel.
Andrew Sinclair, who spent nine years at ExxonMobil, has joined Dallas-based Empower lithium producer as chief public and government relations officer.
Linhart Public Relations, a Denver-based firm, names Ashley Campbell VP and partner... Akima, a provider of mission-focused solutions to the federal government, appoints Michael Teegardin as VP of marketing & communications... QuidelOrtho Corporation, a global provider of diagnostic solutions, appoints Sanjeev Sharma as VP, investor relations... McNeely Brockman Public Relations hires Lindsey West as an account executive. 
Allison DeLeo, who rose to senior VP and West Coast lead during a nearly 17-year run at Racepoint Global has joined Method Communications as senior VP.
APCO names Kelly Williamson, who has been president, North America since 2018, chief client officer and global president of capital markets, a newly created role... Avenue Z, which has offices in NYC and Miami, brings on Stephanie Goenaga as associate director, public relations... Marino names Vincent Dente EVP of creative and AI innovation, a new post.
Joele Frank managing director Tim Ragones and Jasper Street Partners' MD Peter da Silva Vint join stakeholder intelligence advisory firm Sodali & Co.
