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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.
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. 
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.
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.
