 Bryan DeAngelis |
Hamilton Place Strategies has hired Bryan DeAngelis as a managing director and Stephanie Walstrom as a director. DeAngelis comes to HPS from Kivvit, where he most recently served as senior director. From 2008 to 2011, he was communications director for Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT). At HPS he will serve as a principal, working on issue management campaigns, corporate reputation and crisis communications. Walstrom was previously global marketing director at advocacy nonprofit ONE Campaign. Before that, she was at Fund Development Corporation, where she managed public affairs and fundraising campaigns for nonprofit brands.
 Cary Cox |
French/West/Vaughan has brought on Cary Cox as vice president. Cox comes to the agency from Cox Marketing Group, a firm she led for 19 years. From 2013 to 2017, she was an assistant secretary for marketing and communications for the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, overseeing marketing for natural, cultural, tourism and historic destinations. FWV has also hired Heather Scatamacchia as Vice President – Finance and Kerry Branon as group account director for FWV Fetching, the agency’s pet and veterinary marketing division. Scatamacchia was previously senior accounting manager at MedThink, a marketing agency serving healthcare and pharmaceutical clients. Branon joins FWV from the International Fund for Animal Welfare, where she most recently served as communications manager/acting director.
 Connie Ludwin |
Taft Communications has promoted Connie Ludwin to vice president. Ludwin has been with Taft since 2013, most recently serving as senior director, working to manage several key client accounts and direct human resources and account operations. Before coming to Taft, she was CEO for Boys & Girls Clubs in New Jersey. Taft president Ted Deutsch said that Ludwin “has played a leading role in our account management, HR and ongoing growth, helping Taft solidify its position as one of the leading New Jersey-based communications firms serving companies, nonprofits, foundations and public agencies.”
maslansky + partners, a specialist consultancy within Omnicom Public Relations, names founding partner Keith Yazmir president of the firm... The National Football League Players Association names Matt Taylor chief communications officer, effective Sept. 8... Repay Holdings Corporation, a provider of bill payment solutions, appoints Charles Nabhan as head of investor relations.
Bospar hires veteran technology, cybersecurity and healthcare sector journalist and content creator Doug Olenick as tech and healthcare content director... The Huntington National Bank appoints Ameesh Vakharia as EVP and chief marketing and digital products officer, a newly created role... SDA International, a Honolulu-based strategic communications firm, promotes Cassie Kim to SVP. 
Burson Brussels chief client officer Ruud Wassen has moved to Consello to open its outpost in the headquarters city of NATO and the European Union.
Reputation Advisors International adds Newick Consulting founder Peter Thomas as its newest member. Based in Abu Dhabi, Thomas has more than 35 years of experience advising major global clients on reputation issues... TruePoint appoints April Steinbach, who has held senior creative posts at BBDO and McCann Worldgroup, as creative director....Athene, a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management that focuses on retirement solutions, names Brett Gibson EVP and head of investor relations. Gibson comes to Athene from JP Morgan Securities.
Stellantis names Stephanie Hartgrove chief communications officer. Hartgrove joins Stellantis from Johnson & Johnson, where she was global vice president of MedTech communications and public affairs... FINN Partners appoints Kim Sizemore as head of integrated media. Sizemore joins FINN from Wieden+Kennedy... Lucid Group, which makes software-defined vehicles and technologies, names Angela Zepeda as Vice President, Global Marketing. Zepeda was most recently global head of marketing at Elon Musk's xAI. 
