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| Daniel Bedore |
Brandware Group has named Nissan's Daniel Bedore executive VP. Bedore will lead a new agency office in Nashville, serving as managing director. He comes to Brandware from Nissan North America, where he served as director, Nissan division communications. Bedore was previously senior group manager, public relations and social media at Hyundai Motor America and biofuels communications manager at General Motors. In addition to promoting such advanced technologies as battery electric vehicles, alternative fuel infrastructure and advanced driver assist systems, his experience includes retail network communications and consumer activations. At Brandware, he will provide strategic and creative client services leadership as well as leading business development and key accounts for the new office.
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The Hawthorn Group has named Illinois political consultant Jared Melamed Dubnow as vice president, effective Sept. 3. Most recently, Dubnow has been a contract public affairs and strategic planning consultant, specializing in local government outreach, external stakeholder engagement, and grassroots communication. In that capacity, he worked with The Hawthorn Group on numerous client projects. He was previously part of the team that elected Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, who served from 2015 until earlier this year. Dubnow also served in Rauner' administration in such positions as director of operations for the governor's office, where he oversaw the daily functions of the office as well as external engagement and public events. In his new post, he will design and implement public affairs campaign strategy for various client projects.
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| Angela Leon |
Airfoil Communications, the communications division of Airfoil Group, has promoted Angela Leon to vice president of strategy & media relations and Stephen Kurily to senior media relations specialist. Leon was previously director of strategy & media relations at the firm. She was previously an associate vice president at Finn Partners and an account supervisor at Weber Shandwick. In her new post, she oversees the strategy and execution of various marketing communications programs for clients, as well as contributing to new business development for the agency. Kurily, who has been with Airfoil since 2016, is responsible for driving media relations strategy development, implementation and execution on behalf of clients.
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| Dominique Ellis |
The Ehrhardt Group has promoted Dominique Ellis to director of account services. Ellis has been with TEG since 2016, most recently serving as senior account manager. She previously ran her own firm, Dominique Ellis Public Relations, and was marketing and communications director at Easter Seals of Louisiana. Ellis will now oversee all account activity of the firm’s clients. She is also tasked with the professional development of account staff members and working with the firm’s leadership to effectively enhance new business development efforts.
Whit Clay, who exited the Co-CEO slot at Sloane & Co. 18 months ago to head Longacre Square Partners’ New York office, has been promoted to serve as the first CEO of the financial communication shop.
Global Strategy Group names Claudio Taratuta as an EVP of the L@B, its in-house creative and media agency. Taratuta joins GSG from Praytell, where he was a founding team member... ROKK Solutions appoints Kris Havens as EVP of intel and insights. Havens was most recently a partner at Penta Group... Cliff House Maine brings on William Courtney Lowe as chief business development and brand strategist. Lowe joins Cliff House Maine from Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod, where he was VP of marketing & business development. 
Eitan Bencuya, who has more than 20 years of technology PR experience, has signed on with Brunswick Group as a partner in its San Francisco office.
DGA Group has lined up the former US ambassadors to Qatar and Saudi Arabia as senior advisors to help clients navigate that politically complex region.
Narrative Strategies names Adam Silverstein as managing director in New York. Silverstein was most recently head of media relations & thought leadership at Scient Public Relations... Mission North brings on Alex Hunter as EVP of health and innovation... Baird & Warner, a family-owned independent real estate services company that serves the Chicago area, appoints Jeanette Cutler as CMO.
