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| Karsten Risch |
Evoke has brought on Karsten Risch, MD, PhD, MPH as chief medical officer, a newly established role. Risch joins Evoke from Havas Health & You, where he served as CMO. He has also held medical positions at WPP agency Greyhealth Group and IPG firm Lowe Healthcare. Risch is also chairman of the Coalition for Healthcare Communication, as well as a guest lecturer at such institutios as Columbia Business School, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai and Fairleigh Dickinson University. In his new post, he will lead the agency's science & medicine practice, implementing standard medical approaches, providing strategic value and scaling best practices.
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| Mark Flanagan |
London-based Portland has named Mark Flanagan its new CEO, effective January 2020. Tim Allan, who founded the agency in 2001, is leaving at the end of this year. Flanagan was previously Portland’s UK managing director. Before coming to Portland, he served as head of strategic & digital communications in the UK prime minster’s office. Portland is also joining forces with Omnicom consultancy GPLUS in January as part of a strategic move to bolster its international footprint.
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| Tessa Horehled |
Hill+Knowlton Strategies has appointed Tessa Horehled as director of content + publishing strategy for the US. She was most recently planning director and Berlin strategy lead for international design firm AKQA, and has been an IBM cognitive commerce futurist, offering thought leadership on the future of commerce. Horehled ran a culture and entertainment blog for 11 years and has served as an influencer for many consumer brands. She will be based in New York.
Brittney Basden, who led public affairs and advocacy partnerships at the Washington Post has joined Bully Pulpit International as a managing director.
The DUX Group, a Washington, D.C.-based strategic communications firm that works with leaders in highly regulated industries, names Lauren Boland as VP... Workday, an enterprise AI platform for HR, finance and IT, names Sarah Kennedy Ellis CMO, effective Oct. 5. Kennedy Ellis joins the company from Google... Octave Specialty Group, a global specialty insurance firm, brings on Philip Stefano as managing director, head of investor relations. 
Michele Ziosi will rejoin Stellantis on Oct. 1 as chief PA officer responsible for Enlarged Europe and for the global coordination of the carmaker’s PA activities.
Inizio, which works with clients in the health and life sciences sectors, appoints Oisín Ó Gógáin as chief people officer... The Boston Beer Company names Allison Stransky CMO, effective Oct. 12. Stransky was previuosly VP and CMO at Samsung Electronics America... Newark Regional Business Partnership and its 501(c)(3) affiliate, the Renaissance Newark Foundation, bring on Kim Lewis-Collins as VP, marketing and business development, a newly created role. 
Carmichael Lynch president and manager Julie Batliner is joining Padilla as president, succeeding Matt Kuchariski. Kucharski will transition to a fractional role with the agency as an executive counselor through the end of the year.
