 Marshall Stowell |
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has hired Marshall Stowell as its first-ever VP for communications. Before joining the Foundation, Stowell spent 14 years with global health organization Population Services International, most recently serving as VP for external relations and communications, with responsibility for all global communications efforts and leading US government relations on behalf of the organization. He previously worked with such organizations as Share Our Strength, Greater DC Cares, AID Atlanta, the Atlanta Botanical Garden and the High Museum of Art. In his new role, Stowell leads an in-house team of communicators and oversees all external and internal communications for the Hilton Foundation, which seeks to improve the lives of disadvantaged people throughout the world.
 Matt Batt |
PR Talent search firm has recruited Matt Batt as managing director of its Chicago office. Batt comes to the firm from Zeno Group, where he most recently served as senior VP, managing such consumer clients as Sears Holdings, Master Lock and Elkay, in addition to having responsibility for hiring and supporting teams across Zeno’s consumer, digital and corporate practices. He also started and ran his own PR consulting practice, Pipeline Media Relations. In his new post, Batt will lead the agency’s presence in the central US, including Milwaukee, Dallas and St. Louis.
 Derek Koenig |
Buffalo Groupe, LLC and its Buffalo Agency, which represents golf, sport and lifestyle brands, has named Derek Koenig chief creative and content officer. Koenig joins Buffalo from Discovery, Inc. where he was SVP creative for the company’s in-house agency, leading a team that supported the company’s businesses with marketing, promotion, short-form digital, VR and branded content campaigns. He also founded Two Step Consulting in Boulder, Colorado, where he worked with brands like Qwest, Sony, Nike and the Victors & Spoils creative crowd-sourcing agency. Prior to that, he served as CMO for Vail Resorts. Koenig will spearhead the building of Buffalo Studios, a new agency initiative that will create branded content.
 Kip Talley |
Federal Advocates has hired Kip Talley as senior director of government affairs. Talley was previously chief of staff to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), one of president Trump’s most prominent supporters in Congress. Before that, Talley served as senior director of federal affairs for trade association International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers and assistant director of governmental affairs for the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association. Federal Advocates was founded in 2006 by Michael Esposito, who serves on the Republican National Committee Chairman’s Advisory Board and is a member of the Trump Victory Finance Committee.
ICR adds Donna F. Anderson to its governance & shareholder advisory practice as senior advisor. She comes to ICR from T. Rowe Price... Troutman Strategies, a government affairs firm that is a subsidiary of legal firm Troutman Pepper Locke, promotes Neftali Partida and Tom Tilton to principal... Hancock Whitney, a Gulfport, MS-based financial services company, brings on Mary Elizabeth Stringer as director of government affairs, a newly created role.
Ballard Strategy Group names former Burson managing director Mike Waterman as MD. Waterman comes to Ballard from ROKK Solutions... The Herald Group brings on Trace Scruggs and Evan Lukaske as VPs... Travelier, which operates platforms for booking intercity transportation services via buses, trains and ferries in 124 countries, appoints Mario Gavira as CMO. 
Raffetto Herman Strategic Communications brings on Jessica Gail, who served as director of communications for Rep. Eric Swalwell, as senior media lead... Prime Therapeutics appoints Katie Payne as chief external affairs officer, a newly created role. She was previously a senior director at APCO... Thunderly promotes Jason Weaver to director of paid media. 
Ruder Finn hires Brent Mullins as SVP, talent and partnerships. Mullins joins the agency from 160over90, where he was VP, entertainment marketing... Allison Worldwide names Katie Huang Shin global president, technology, effective Nov. 14... Vasion, which provides serverless printing and AI-enabled automation, appoints Cindy White as CMO. 
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.
