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| Dae Levine |
Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti has named Dae Levine his director of communications. Levine joins the Garcetti Administration from digital campaigning company Revolution Messaging, where she served as senior vice president. Levine, who also runs her own communications firm, was previously stakeholder director for the successful campaign to achieve marriage equality in Australia and has headed communications for Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Levine succeeds Suzi Emmerling, who is now chief communications officer for The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. Garcetti has also appointed Andre Herndon, who was previously his deputy director of communications, as senior communications advisor.
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| Heather Caufield |
G&S Business Communications has promoted Heather Caufield, Dana Ferrell and Katy Hendricks from account director to vice president. Caufield and Hendricks both previously held the title of director, client services at CooperKatz, which was acquired by G&S in August 2018. Ferrell has been with G&S since 1999. Caulfield currently provides strategic direction to clients in industries including financial and professional services, wine and spirits, and paper and packaging. Hendricks counsels clients focused on home and building, technology, healthcare and consumer lifestyle by blending content strategy, integrated campaign development, media relations and project management. Ferrell currently leads key agribusiness accounts, providing branding, crisis communications, design, event management and media relations direction to clients.
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| Anita Woolley Nelson |
Skanska, a multinational construction and development company based in Sweden, has hired Anita Woolley Nelson as chief strategy officer for the company’s building operations. Nelson joins Skanska from AECOM’s Construction Services Group, where she was senior vice president of strategy, marketing and communications. In this role, she led the development and implementation of the Construction Services Group’s global strategy over a diverse portfolio of businesses in the buildings, civil, power, industrial and oil and gas markets. At Skanska, she will lead efforts to identify, develop, and help implement the company’s strategic goals as well as leading the initiative to analyze emerging trends and harness market data and analysis to ensure the health, viability, and sustainability of the business.
Breakwater Strategy, a strategic insights and communications consultancy, brings on former CNN justice correspondent Jessica Schneider as a VP... Stratacomm, a DC-based firm, names Darren Scher chief operating and integration officer. Scher comes to the agency from Adfero, where he was most recently managing director... Dreamday hires Veronica Gauthier as SVP of growth... TextNow appoints Bonnie Herche as VP of marketing. Herche joins the company from Crain Communications
DCI Group has hired Will Stevens, who has more than 20 years of
Imre names Fred Hickman EVP, group account lead. Hickman joins Imre from Klick, an agency that works with life sciences companies... Residence, a global network of creative companies, brings on Julian McBride as head of communications, a newly created role... Sherlock Communications, which has offices in Bogotå, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Santiago, appoints Bianca Boucault, Maria Amelia Costa and Patricia Zylberman as managing directors.
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.
