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| Maria Kuzkina |
Hill+Knowlton Strategies has promoted Maria Kuzkina to CEO of PBN H+K, which serves clients in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other countries of the former Soviet Union. Kuzkina has served has served as managing director for Russia since the PBN Company merged with H+K in 2012. In addition to leading integrated communications for such clients as IKEA, Facebook, and Lexus, she has been responsible for strategy, financial performance and recruitment and retention of senior staff. Kuzkina succeeds Myron Wasylyk, who had been CEO since 2014.
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| Marcia Rhodes |
Amendola Communications, a healthcare and health IT public relations and marketing agency, has promoted Marcia Rhodes to vice president. Rhodes, who joined the agency in 2013 as regional managing director, most recently served as national managing director. Before coming to Amendola, she was head of public relations at WorldatWork, principal at MGL Communications and also held executive positions at Six Sigma Academy and Accenture. Rhodes will continue to lead many of Amendola's client accounts, conduct media training and continue to build out the agency’s operational and human resources infrastructure.
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| Charles Cooper |
Signal Group has named Charles Cooper managing director and chair of the firm’s advocacy group. Elizabeth Northrup and John Procter have been named managing directors and co-chairs of Signal’s communications group. All three were previously executive vice presidents at the firm. Cooper has also served as chief of staff for former Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL) and policy director for the House Republican Conference. Northrup has served as senior vice president, public affairs at Hill & Knowlton and Procter has been a senior vice president at Gilbraltar Associates.
Lionsgate, which brings together diversified motion picture and television production and distribution businesses, promotes Laurel Pecchia to SVP, corporate communications... Anonymous Content, a New York-based film production and management company, recruits former Showtime/MTV executive vice president Liza Burnett Fefferman as chief communications and marketing officer, a newly created position... Legacy Motor Club brings on Ryan Grab as VP, marketing and communications.
Stagwell has named Lena Petersen, a veteran of MediaLink, Starcom MediaVest and Leo Burnett, chief brand and communications officer.
Carrie Healey has joined the National Association of Broadcasters as VP communications. Most recently, she was program lead at Purple Strategies.
HAVAS Red names Adeena Fried EVP health & wellness, based in New York... Genius Sports Limited, a provider of real-time sports data, names Tony Marlow as CMO... Deerfield Group, which works with clients in the healthcare and life sciences sectors, promotes Bill Veltre to chief media officer... The Public Affairs Council brings on Monica Day as senior manager in its political affairs practice, Deanna Wisniewski as senior manager of communications and Sam Kasner as manager of events. 
Imre names Paulina De la Riva chief strategy officer. De la Riva joins the agency from Ogilvy Health, where she most recently served as EVP, strategy for North America... FNK IR, a strategic investor relations firm focused on smaller cap companies, brings on Greg McKinley as director, investor relations... Bear Icebox Communications, a Chicago-based firm, promotes Sean Wille to VP, strategy + operations... Abode Worldwide, a specialist firmthat works across hotels, short-term rentals and the wider serviced living sectors, appoints Kerry Wilson as chief operating officer.
