 L-R: Bateman Group partner and president Bill Bourdon, partner and president Tyler Perry, partner and general manager Shannon Hutto and CEO and founder Fred Bateman. |
Bateman Group has promoted company partner and former general manager of its New York office Tyler Perry to the position of partner and president, New York. Perry will still serve as senior strategic counsel for the company’s life sciences, consumer and fintech clients, while expanding her focus to more cross-office initiatives such as service innovation, culture and inclusion efforts, and mentorship. The agency has also promoted Shannon Hutto to partner and general manager, San Francisco, and has brought on Nicole Messier, who was most recently head of communications at HelloFresh, as senior vice president, New York. Matt Coolidge, who was with Bateman from 2014 to 2017, when he left to found and lead marketing for media startup Civil, rejoins the firm as vice president in its new Portland office.
 Al DiGuido |
North 6th Agency has brought on former Bigfoot Interactive CEO Al DiGuido as president and chief revenue officer. After selling Bigfoot to Alliance Data's Epsilon business unit in 2005, he served as Epsilon Interactive CEO. He is currently CEO at Optimus Interactive. At N6A, DiGuido will oversee sales and revenue functions, as well as M&A and capital initiatives. DiGuido, who will be based in N6A's New York office, is also the founder of Al's Angels, a non-profit, charitable organization whose mission is to provide assistance to children and families suffering hardship due to life-threatening illnesses or poverty.
 Lynn Stinson |
Banner Public Affairs is expanding its digital offerings in Silicon Valley with the move of digital practice lead Lynn Stinson from its D.C. office to California. The agency says the move is a response to growing demand for its digital marketing and issue advocacy offerings on the West Coast. “Lynn Stinson’s move from D.C. to California transfers an expert knowledge of government, politics and advocacy that can be readily applied to a tech-centric West Coast office,” said Banner partner Brett Thompson. In addition to D.C and Silicon Valley, Banner has office in St. Louis and Los Angeles.
 Nicole Rodgers Houston |
Strategic communications and digital marketing agency Baretz + Brunelle has hired Nicole Rodgers Houston as managing director. Rodgers will lead the agency’s new Washington office. She joins Baretz + Brunelle from law firm Arnold & Porter, where she served as head of marketing communications, playing a significant role in the firm’s merger with New York-based Kaye Scholer and leading numerous PR campaigns. Before coming to Arnold & Porter, she held leadership positions in the marketing departments of Crowell & Moring and Pillsbury (then Shaw Pittman).
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.
Longacre Square Partners has named Humza Vanderman partner and head of its London outpost as the financial communications firm expands into Europe.
FGS Global adds former Pfizer EVP and chief corporate affairs officer Sally Susman to its global executive board as an independent member, effective April 1... Codeword brings on Kim Baffi, who was previously Salesforce VP and creative director, as executive creative director... Amperity, an AI-powered customer data cloud, appoints Bridget Perry as CMO.
