 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.
Nadine Lafond, who has been with Ogilvy Health North America for more than a decade, comes on board at Imre as CEO.
SKDK has hired Brian Klemesrud, a Democratic political ad-maker, as its chief creative director.
MikeWorldWide appoints Abraham Espinosa as EVP of strategy, a newly created role. Espinosa comes to MWW from Golin, where hs served as SVP, executive strategy director...
FTI Consulting appoints Jason Leow as a senior managing director in its strategic communications segment. He was vice chair and head of APAC at Edelman Smithfield... Ballard Partners is bringing on Tucker Knott, who currently serves as chief of staff to Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC), as a partner in DC.... TMRW Sports, a sports media company founded by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and former NBC Sports Group president, golf and global strategy Mike McCarley, names Peter Jung as CMO.
Ripley PR realigns its leadership team with the promotion of Anthony Cloud to managing director, B2C and franchising, and a new role for Grayson Shockley as managing director, B2B. Cloud, who joined Ripley PR in October 2020, has held multiple roles within the agency, including brand manager and content specialist... Walker Sands adds former Havas Digital global CEO and chairman George Gallate to its board of directors... Stewards, a diversified financial company based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, appoints Scott McGowan as CMO.
