 Isabel Long |
MSL has named Isabel Long senior vice president, U.S. business development, effective May 1. Long comes to MSL from Edelman’s Chicago office, where she served as SVP, director of growth and development. She has also worked in business development for Deutsch NY and DDB Chicago. In her new post, Long will lead strategic growth across MSL’s U.S. network, reporting to chief integration officer Amy Cheronis. MSL, which is part of the Publicis Groupe, has 100 offices in 40 countries.
 Alicia Downard |
Red Fan Communications has hired Alicia Downard as supervisor of client services. Downard comes to the agency from information services company Gartner, where she worked as part of its Digital Markets unit, managing brand marketing and public relations campaigns for Capterra, GetApp and Software Advice. She previously worked at the Office of the Texas Governor and with the Texas Historical Commission. In her new role, Downard oversees the agency’s client services team, including its content strategy and research division and the recently launched Brand Positioning + Narrative Lab. Downard reports directly to Red Fan’s founder, Kathleen Lucente. The agency has also recently brought on Danielle South and Victoria Jett as senior account executives and Amber LeCates as account executive.
 Todd Bolin |
Tribe Global, a network of owner-run communications agencies and business partners, has named Todd Bolin, CEO of Minneapolis-based Bolin Marketing, as its chair. Bolin succeeds Manchester U.K.-based BJL CEO Nicky Unsworth, who became Tribe Global chair in 2017. Unsworth is stepping down following an ownership change at her agency. Founded in 2012, Tribe Global is comprised of 34 member agencies and business partners in 48 cities across Europe, North and Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. This year, the network is launching the TribeOpen event, a global conference to be held in Tel Aviv for independent agencies and brands.
DCI Group has hired Will Stevens, who has more than 20 years of
Imre names Fred Hickman EVP, group account lead. Hickman joins Imre from Klick, an agency that works with life sciences companies... Residence, a global network of creative companies, brings on Julian McBride as head of communications, a newly created role... Sherlock Communications, which has offices in Bogotå, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Santiago, appoints Bianca Boucault, Maria Amelia Costa and Patricia Zylberman as managing directors.
Nick Mammano, who was president/CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, has rejoined Mercury Public Affairs as a managing director in its Saddle Brook office.
Seven Letter hires Allie Raffa, who was most recently White House correspondent for NBC News, as a senior director... Points of Light, an organization founded by President George H.W. Bush that is dedicated to volunteer service, names Jeff Zanelli as CMO... Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company, appoints Nora Shepard as VP of communications.
Alcoa has named Emily Olson, who has more than 20 years of experience working in capital-intensive industries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, EVP & chief external affairs officer, effective April 6.
