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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.
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. 
