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| Lori Small |
Hill+Knowlton Strategies has appointed Lori Small as a director in the US. Small comes to H+K from Golin LA, where she was a VP, with responsibility for brand strategy, media outreach, influencer partnerships and content creation for Disney Consumer Products, the California Avocado Commission and Ste. Michelle Wines. Prior to joining Golin, she was a senior account executive at The Rogers Group. Small will work closely on strategy and innovation with consumer-facing clients and will oversee day-to-day operations across the business with H+K’s core team, based in Orange County, California.
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| Marjorie Benzkofer |
FleishmanHillard has named Marjorie Benzkofer chief strategy officer. Benzkofer has been with the agency since 1997, most recently serving as global managing director of its reputation management practice, a role in which she will continue. Before joining FleishmanHillard, she was a corporate spokeswoman for the companies that are now ComEd and Exelon in Chicago. In this new role, she will focus on developing and executing the agency’s growth plan, shepherding the investment of resources and measuring the collective progress of the agency. “Marjorie has the ability to connect and motivate teams, seeing across the global network and foreshadowing industry trends, which makes her perfectly suited to take on this new role for the agency,” said FleishmanHillard president and CEO John Saunders.
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| Steve Hawkes |
BCW is hiring the Sun’s deputy political editor, Steve Hawkes, to take the position of head of strategic media with its issues and public affairs team in London. Hawkes will start with the agency in October. He has been in his current position at the Sun since December 2013. Before spending six months in 2013 as the Daily Telegraph’s consumer affairs editor, he served as the Sun’s business editor. He has also worked at the Times, Daily Mirror and Evening Standard.
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| Mark Williams |
Ferox Strategies, a Latino-led bipartisan government and public relations firm, has brought on Mark Williams as a principal, charged with leading its Republican outreach efforts. Before coming to Ferox, Williams was chief of staff for Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX). He has also served as legislative director for former Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and chief of staff for former Congressman Todd Rokita (R-IN). At Ferox, Williams’ practice areas will include agriculture, armed services, transportation, infrastructure, tax, education and labor.
Chelsey Thomas, who was a VP at Booz Allen Hamilton and a professional staff member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, is joining defense technology company AEVEX as VP of government affairs.
Finn Partners has named Fahlgren Mortine veteran Marty McDonald as managing partner and head of its new Columbus office.
The Next Solutions Group names Michelle Agnew as VP, reputation and issues management. Agnew joins NSG from The Coca-Cola Company, where she was director of strategic communications... Nebius, which works with startups and enterprises building AI products, agents and services, appoints Lindsey Irvine as CMO... Zeta Global, an intelligent AI infrastructure company, names Leah Pope CMO and Candace Dean chief communications officer.
SiriusXM recruits Paramount Pictures EVP, global communications Jenny Tartikoff to serve as SVP and head of communications, effective August 10.
West of Fairfax, which is in Los Angeles, appoints Scott Mallone as president. Mallone joins the agency from SHFT Labs... Codeword ups Brandon Carter to SVP, head of strategy... JOTO PR Disruptors names Nick Westcott head of establishment, working to improve coordination across departments, and helping each part of the agency operate with greater clarity, consistency and readiness for scale. 
