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| Annie Perkins |
SHIFT Communications has named Annie Perkins managing director – East, leading client teams and operations in Boston and New York. Perkins was previously senior vice president — consumer and healthcare at the firm. Before coming to Shift in 2011, she worked at PAN Communications and Hearthstone Realty Corporation. In her new post, her focus will be on deepening client relationships by cultivating cross-network collaborations and creative integrations. SHIFT has also promoted human resources manager Kara Armit to chief of staff and named Sarah Babbitt transitions to vice president, marketing.
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| Mike Dabadie |
Heart+Mind Strategies has named Mike Dabadie CEO of the company. Dabadie, a founding partner of Heart+Mind, had previously been serving as co-CEO with Dr. Dee Allsop, who will be on 18-month sabbatical, returning in early 2022. Dabadie will work closely with Mark Wirthlin, who continues to head the company's executive leadership as president/COO, as well as with the rest of his leadership team. Before helping to startup Heart+Mind, Dabadie was managing director, North America at London-based consulting firm Promise Corporation. He has also served as president, brand & strategy at Harris Interactive.
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| Michelle Edelman |
New Orleans-based marketing and communications PETERMAYER has promoted EVP and chief strategy officer Michelle Edelman to agency president. Before joining the agency as vice president and strategy director in 2013, Edelman was president and director of communications planning at NYCA, a boutique firm in San Diego. She has also served as managing partner/director of planning at Ogilvy & Mather and SVP/director of planning at Leo Burnett. Petermayer owner Mark Mayer has shifted into the role of CEO and chairman, and co-owner Josh Mayer will continue as the agency’s chief creative officer.
HUNTER promotes Gigi García Russo to president and Michael Lamp to chief digital & transformation officer.... Cars.com Inc. a car-shopping marketplace, names Sarah Kettler CMO, effective June 15...The Trade Desk, an advertising tech company, appoints Sarah Gavin as CMO and EVP.
Brittany Sullivan, who held the senior VP-executive director of marketing post at Golin, has moved to Burson.
Codeword brings on Melody Brue and Jess Graham as part of a push to bolster its capabilities in market intelligence and commercial strategy... Havas Edge, which specializes in data-driven media, creative and customer acquisition strategies, for health, tech, consumer, retail and financial brands, promotes Pam Caputo to EVP, health media... Rezolve Ai, the London-based developer of Brain Suite, an enterprise AI platform purpose-built for agentic commerce, appoints Michele Fisher as CMO.
Jamie Dowd, who was most recently president of the health practice in the Americas at Weber Shandwick, comes on board at Allison Worldwide as global president, health + wellness, effective June 22.
Burson is bringing on Hanover managing director, Middle East Jonty Summers as head of corporate affairs in Dubai at the end of June... Ridgepost Capital, which had over $45 billion in assets under management as of March 31, names Brian McKenna VP, investor relations, effective June 15... The Center for AI Safety appoints Rochelle Nadhiri as head of public engagement. 
