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| Meredith Isola |
Meredith Isola, director of the Food & Drug Administration’s office of communications, is now senior VP at Ruder Finn for government relations, policy and advocacy, as the independent firm fortifies its DC office.
Prior to the more than three-year stint at the FDA, Isola was PA specialist at the Dept. of Homeland Security, where she chaired the strategic communications working group, dealing with infrastructure and cybersecurity matters.
Isola also had jobs at the American Heart Assn. (senior communications manager for childhood obesity initiatives), Ogilvy PR (VP) and Ketchum (account supervisor).
Monica Marshall, head of RF Relate purpose, social impact, sustainability arm, leads the Washington outpost.
She joined RF in April after heading Ketchum’s purpose unit and serving as deputy director of private partnerships at the United Nations’ world food program.
RF ranks as O’Dwyer’s seventh largest independent PR firm, chalking up $69.1M in 2018 fees.
Mod Op brings on John Powers and Alan Kipust as part of its Executive in Residence program, which already includes former Dun & Bradstreet chief data officer Monica Richter... Takeda Pharmaceuticals hires James-Denton Wyllie as head of R&D and external innovation communications... Veeam Software, which specializes in data resilience solutions, appoints Allison Cerra as CMO.
The Dallas Mavericks bring on Gina Miller as chief communications officer, a newly created role. She was previously with Major League Soccer team FC Dallas... Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit organization that advances arts advocacy, names Jamey Lundblad as CMO... Ambac Financial Group, an insurance holding company, names Karen Beyer managing director, head of investor relations.
Actum has hired Cecelia Prewett, who was president of DC Public Affairs at SKDK during a nearly 13-year run, as senior managing director in its Washington office.
Franz Paasche, who was most recently EVP for public affairs and communications at Columbia University, will join Verizon as EVP, corporate affairs, effective Nov. 10.
Horizon Family Brands, which includes Horizon Organic and Wallaby Organic yogurt, hires Andrew Springate as CMO... Wake Tech, a Raleigh, NC community college that serves over 70,000 adults annually, brings on Lisa Marie Ferrell, who previously led North America communications at Lenovo, as VP of communications and marketing... Golin brings on executive creative director Meg Farquhar in Chicago, and EVPs of strategy Tom Howells (Western Region) and Martin Coomber (New York).
