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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.
Actum has hired Cecelia Prewett, who was president of DC Public Affairs at SKDK during a nearly 13-year run, as senior managing director in its Washington office.
Franz Paasche, who was most recently EVP for public affairs and communications at Columbia University, will join Verizon as EVP, corporate affairs, effective Nov. 10.
Horizon Family Brands, which includes Horizon Organic and Wallaby Organic yogurt, hires Andrew Springate as CMO... Wake Tech, a Raleigh, NC community college that serves over 70000 adults annually, brings on Lisa Marie Ferrell, who previously led North America communications at Lenovo, as VP of communications and marketing... Golin brings on executive creative director Meg Farquhar in Chicago, and EVPs of strategy Tom Howells (Western Region) and Martin Coomber (New York).
Hotwire Global appoints Burson global chief digital & intelligence officer Grant Toups as global CEO, effective in January.
Bader Rutter, which works with clients in the agriculture, food, beverage and pet care sectors, appoints Demar Anderson as CMO... Acceleration Community of Companies appoints Michael Moschella to lead its new insights division, ACC Intelligence... Luminate, a London-based shop focused on infrastructure and energy sectors, hires Osman Dervish as director—head of development... The Alpine Group promotes Alison Graab to principal from SVP.
