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| Erica Barth |
Edelman has appointed Erica Barth as general manager of Edelman Chicago’s digital practice. Erica previously led Edelman’s performance marketing group in Chicago, growing it to include such capabilities as paid search, SEO, ABM and programmatic. Prior to joining Edelman, Erica held leadership roles at iProspect and Resolution Media, where she led client strategy, staffing and operations, and business development for the Midwest region. In her new position, Erica will oversee the Chicago digital team as well as partnering with global leaders to drive innovation across the digital practice.
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| Juan Carlos Gozzer |
LLYC has promoted Juan Carlos Gozzer to partner and regional managing director of the southern region and Cleber Martins to partner and managing director of LLYC Brazil. Gozzer has been with LLYC since 2008. In September 2012, he became LLYC's general director in Brazil, and has overseen the growth of the company with the opening of the Sao Paulo office and the integration of new teams and services following the acquisition of S/A Comunicaçoes in 2015. Cleber Martins came to LLYC in 2017. He previously served as vice president of Máquina Cohn & Wolfe, a WPP Group agency. With these two appointments, the firm now has 21 partners, of which 10 perform their professional activities in Latin America and the United States and 11 operate in Europe.
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| Heather Bull |
Hill+Knowlton Strategies has appointed Heather Bull as a director in its energy and industrials team. Bull comes to H+K Strategies from Edelman’s brand practice, where she oversaw UK consumer-facing campaigns and led EMEA teams for such clients as Kiwi, HP, Motorola, Nissan, PayPal, Shell and Starbucks. She previously spent six years at Hotwire, managing accounts including BlackBerry, Logic3, O2, Shazam, talk talk and Vodafone. In her new position, Bull will support the team’s consumer offering across clients including Smart Energy GB, Shell, E.ON and Go Ultra Low, as well as driving new business. Bull’s appointment follows the recent recruitment of Scott Dodsworth from BAE Systems to head up H+K’s public affairs team in the UK.
Greg Honan, who worked in the Biden White House as director of message planning and chief of staff for its office of communications, is joining public affairs firm Seven Letter as a managing director.
David Bassity, who was VP for football communications for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, will join the Big Ten Conference on July 20.
BPCM brings on former Prada SVP marketing & communications Christian Langbein as its EVP of growth and strategy, a newly created role... MikeWorldWide names Joseph Sorrentino as its first chief intelligence officer. Sorrentino joins from Weber Shandwick, where he was EVP, analytics & intelligence... Pacers Sports & Entertainment, which operates the NBA’s Indiana Pacers and WNBA’s Indiana Fever, hires Kieran Donahue as EVP and CMO. Donahue has served as chief marketing officer at IHOP and VP, brand, marketing & digital for the Americas at Marriott... Ballast Rock Asset Management, a diversified alternative investment manager, appoints Michael Welch as head of investor relations and capital formation.
Renault Group brings on Paul Michon as corporate communications director, effective Sept. 1. He joins from Kering, the luxury goods marketer.
SKDK makes Loren Riegelhaupt, Michael Czin and Julie Andreeff Jensen agency partners... Coca-Cola Company promotes Gary McElyea to lead its pan-European Public Policy & Government Affairs agenda, and Sophia Chrysopoulou to serve as head of EU public affairs... Rithum, a commerce solutions provider, appoints Kim Miller as CMO and head of global strategy. 
