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| Ray Day |
Ray Day, former chief communications officer at IBM and group VP-communications at Ford Motor, has joined Mark Penn’s Stagwell Group as vice-chair of its marketing & communications shops.
In the newly created post, Day will lead the integration of Stagwell’s firms and forge the best teams and service offerings to meet the needs of clients.
His objective is to provide end-to-end marketing and communications solutions for clients undergoing digital transformation.
Stagwell’s holdings include SKDKnickerbocker, MMI Agency, Wye Communications, Stagwell Tech, Harris Insights and Analytics, Multiview, Targeted Victory and Locaria.
Day also chair Targeted Victory and expand the crisis and corporate affairs offerings of that digital-first PA shop based in Washington.
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.
