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| Catherine Seeds |
Ketner Group Communications has promoted Catherine Seeds to president from senior VP. Agency founder and president Jeff Ketner will take on the role of CEO as part of the leadership transition. Seeds has been with the agency since 2002 and played an instrumental role in the opening of its offices in New York and Nashville earlier this year. As president and partner, she will work closely with Ketner and the agency’s senior leadership team to guide the agency’s growth and expansion, focusing on key accounts, business development and agency culture. Ketner Group focuses on B2B technology and professional services clients in a number of markets including adtech/martech, legal, IT, healthcare and other areas.
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| Kelly Grunther |
American Friends of Tel Aviv University has appointed Kelly Grunther as the organization’s vice president of marketing and communications. Grunther joins AFTAU from UJA-Federation of New York, where she served as assistant director of its entertainment, marketing and communications group. She was previously founder and president of Kelly Grunther Public Relations, which represented clients in sports, entertainment, health care, fashion, beauty and business that included the Motion Picture & Television Fund, the NFL Player Care Foundation and the Foxwoods/MGM Grand. AFTAU supports Tel Aviv University, which educates 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students a year and is ranked ninth in the world for producing startup founders of billion-dollar companies.
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| Kellie Jelencovich |
PRSA-NY has installed Kellie Jelencovich, public relations manager at Travel Leaders Group, as its 2020 president. Jelencovich oversaw the 2019 Big Apple Awards, and was one of the inaugural winners of the PRSA-NY 15 Under 35 Awards. Among those joining Jelencovich on the PRSA-NY 2020 executive committee are Clear founding partner Andrew Graham, who will serve as president-elect; RiverSpring VP of communications Wendy Steinberg, who will be vice president (marketing); Penny Mitchell of Penny Mitchell Public Relations, who will be VP (membership) and IAS director of corporate communications Angela Barnett, who will be VP (programs).
FGS Global brings on HSBC's Jean-Manuel Richier as senior advisor to bolster its equity advisory, investor relations and transaction & financial communications capabilities across Europe... TEAM LEWIS names Danielle Malvesti SVP, strategy. Malvesti joins the agency from Cramer.... Durée & Company ups Abbie Lipton to vice president... LDWW promotes Micelle Poland, Channing Sizemore and Emma Stoneham to managing director.
Narrative Strategies hires Chris Bissex as a managing director. Bissex was most recently deputy director of public affairs for the Federal Trade Commission... Marino promotes Elizabeth Latino to COO and managing director.... The Charlotte Hornets hire Big 12 Conference chief brand & business officer Tyrel Kirkham as CMO.
Breakwater Strategy, a strategic insights and communications consultancy, brings on former CNN justice correspondent Jessica Schneider as a VP... Stratacomm, a DC-based firm, names Darren Scher chief operating and integration officer. Scher comes to the agency from Adfero, where he was most recently managing director... Dreamday hires Veronica Gauthier as SVP of growth... TextNow appoints Bonnie Herche as VP of marketing. Herche joins the company from Crain Communications.
DCI Group has hired Will Stevens, who has more than 20 years of
Imre names Fred Hickman EVP, group account lead. Hickman joins Imre from Klick, an agency that works with life sciences companies... Residence, a global network of creative companies, brings on Julian McBride as head of communications, a newly created role... Sherlock Communications, which has offices in Bogotå, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Santiago, appoints Bianca Boucault, Maria Amelia Costa and Patricia Zylberman as managing directors.
