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| Louise Callagy |
Louise Callagy, a former senior director for global external affairs at Gap Inc. and senior VP at FleishmanHillard, has joined Sutherlandgold as executive VP to bolster its integrated marketing communications offering
She'll work with CEOs and founders to create storytelling opportunities and positioning programs.
Most recently, Callagy ran her own consulting firm and served as interim CMO for early-stage and mid-sized companies in the San Francisco Bay area.
Lesley Gold, co-founder of Sutherlandgold, said Callagy knows "how to cut to the chase, win the confidence of CEOs and get meaningful results."
Sutherlandgold, which has offices in San Francisco and New York, has worked for Figure Technologies, BREX, Bill.com, Circle Financial, Doctor on Demand, and SurveyMonkey.
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