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| Kim Dahlberg |
Saxum has hired Kim Dahlberg as energy account director in its Houston office. Most recently, Dahlberg was the director of Texas Young Professionals, an organization that fosters relationship-building, career development, entrepreneurial endeavors and civic involvement among young professionals. She has also served as the director of marketing at DXP Enterprises, Inc., and was an account executive at Foster Marketing as well as a media buyer and planner for BrivicMedia, Inc. As Saxum, Dahlberg oversees integrated marketing accounts, managing the day-to-day direction of programs, budgets, integrated marketing communication strategies and client relationships.
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| Alissa Bushnell |
104 West Partners, a Denver-based firm specializing in communications and PR programs for technology market clients, has promoted Alissa Bushnell to partner and Joan Wyly to vice president of operations. Bushnell has been with the firm since 2012 and currently serves as 104 West’s media relations bureau chief. As a partner, she will assume a broader role in driving client service and supervising overall strategic media relations direction across the firm’s client base, while continuing to serve as a senior client counselor and mentor to the staff. Wyly has been HR and operations lead at 104 West since 2015. She was previously vice president, HR and operations at both social media consultancy Converseon and Connors Communications.
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| Tera Leithauser |
Communications and talent group Be Social has hired Tera Leuthauser as president. Leuthauser comes to Be Social from fashion PR firm Bollare, where she most recently served as vice president. She was previously a senior account executive at Nike Communications and served as public relations manager at SplurgeNYC. In her new role at Be Social, Leuthauser will lead company operations and client relations.
Kelli Parsons, CEO of Hill & Knowlton, will take the helm of Avoq on February 1.
FGS Global has recruited Susan Ho, a veteran of Standard Chartered Bank and Brunswick Group, for the Asia chair position, a newly created post. 
Cognito appoints Felice Tobin managing director of its New York business. She was most recently general manager for Cognito Asia and managing director of its Hong Kong office... Spectrio, a company that provides digital signage, interactive kiosks, audience measurement and in-store media, brings on Steve Gilbert as VP of marketing... Hart, a Toledo, OH-based brand transformation agency, promotes Marc Paulenich from president to CEO. 
Jonathan Heppner, deputy communications director for New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, has joined SKDK as senior VP.
Clean Tomorrow, which promotes policies aimed at furthering the growth and innovation of clean energy, names Jordan Gallagher as chief operations officer... LaForce promotes Shauna Solum to EVP, a newly created, cross-agency role... Ubisoft, a gaming company, names Valentine Piedelievre-Eman as chief communications officer, effective Feb. 2.
