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| Farley Kern |
GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation, which is parent to a group of healthcare companies, has hired Farley Kern as chief communications officer. Kern most recently served as vice president of global communication and public affairs at Johnson & Johnson, where she led all communications activities associated with the corporation’s Medical Devices Companies and drove communications for critical corporate initiatives. Prior to that, she was vice president of corporate communications at Hyatt Hotels Corporation, and held leadership roles at The Ritz-Carlton and CSX Corporation. In her new role, Kern serves as a member of the executive management team and leads all strategic communications functions including public relations, issues management, social media, executive communications, internal communications and stakeholder communications.
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| Keith Dailey |
The Kroger Co. has promoted Keith Dailey to group vice president of corporate affairs. Dailey will also serve as chief communications officer and chief sustainability officer. He joined Kroger in 2011 as chief spokesperson and director of corporate communications, and has subsequently served as senior director of external affairs, senior director of corporate affairs and vice president of corporate affairs. Before coming to Kroger, Dailey was communications director for Ohio Governor Ted Strickland. In his new position, his responsibilities include external communications and brand public relations, financial communications, media relations, issues and crisis management, and executive communications as well as associate communications and engagement. Dailey also serves in leadership roles with The Kroger Co. Foundation and The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation.
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| Jennifer Reed |
Scenario Communications has hired Jennifer Reed and Molly Kukla to oversee a dedicated television and entertainment division at the firm. Reed comes on as executive vice president. She was previously at BWR Public Relations, where she was senior vice-president of television. Before coming to BWR, she worked in the publicity departments of 20th Century Fox Television and Fox Broadcasting Company. In her new position, Reed will oversee all television and communications strategies in partnership with Kukla, who will be account director. Kukla also joins Scenario from BWR, where she held the title of director of television. Scenario was founded in December 2018 by BWR executives Hayley Antonian, Ron Hofmann and Steven Wilson, along with entrepreneur and business strategist Brian Lee.
Dave Aglar, who was most recently integrated media lead for North America at Weber Shandwick, is moving to MikeWorldWide, where he will be chief integrated media & innovation officer.
Clario Group brings on Allison Worldwide co-founders Scott Allison and Andy Hardie-Brown as non-executive chairs... Montieth & Company promotes Perry Goldman to global managing director... Seed Health, a microbiome science company, names Anisha Raghavan as its first chief marketing officer. 
CG Life, a specialized pharma agency, appoints Collette “Coco” Douaihy as chief creative officer. Most recently, Douaihy was global CCO, health at Dentsu International... Rational 360 brings on Alex Rosenwald as VP of conservative media relations and earned media... H2O America, which provides water service to over 1.6M people, appoints Michael Ambrozewicz as VP communications.
Tim Castree, who was most recently VP EU Prime & marketing at Amazon, comes on board at DoorDash as CMO.
Unlock Health names Greg Walsh CEO. He joins the agency from Havas Media Network... The US Consumer Product Safety Commission appoints Steve Roney as director of the office of communications... Madison Capital Group, a Charlotte real estate investment and operating company, brings on Lacy Bradford as CMO.
