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| Alfred Ironside |
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has named Alfred Ironside vice president for communications, effective Feb. 24. Ironside comes to MIT from the Ford Foundation, where he has served as vice president of global communications since 2014. He oversaw the foundation’s executive communications, messaging, strategic partnerships, and public affairs. Ironside was previously chief of media relations at UNICEF. “As MIT’s chief communications officer, Alfred will advise senior leaders across MIT and shape our overall communications strategy, including media relations, crisis communications, marketing and branding, as well as digital strategy and development,” said MIT president L. Rafael Reif.
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| Katy Compton-Bishop |
London-based Madano has named Katy Compton-Bishop head of healthcare. Compton-Bishop joins the firm from MSL, where she served as senior director, health. She previously spent over a decade at Ruder Finn, most recently as head of healthcare, and has been PR director at Euro RSC Life. Compton-Bishop has worked with clients on professional and consumer media relations, as well as on thought leadership initiatives, advocacy development and issues management.
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| Phil Clement |
Johnson Controls has appointed Phil Clement global chief marketing officer. Clement was founder and managing partner at Chartwell Advisory Partners. He was previously global chief marketing and communications officer for Aon, with responsibility for developing the company’s global CRM systems, common sales processes and a single global brand. In his new post, he will be responsible for all global activities related to conceptualizing and implementing market strategy and demand generation. He reports to executive vice president and chief digital & customer officer Mike Ellis.
DCI Group has hired Will Stevens, who has more than 20 years of
Imre names Fred Hickman EVP, group account lead. Hickman joins Imre from Klick, an agency that works with life sciences companies... Residence, a global network of creative companies, brings on Julian McBride as head of communications, a newly created role... Sherlock Communications, which has offices in Bogotå, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Santiago, appoints Bianca Boucault, Maria Amelia Costa and Patricia Zylberman as managing directors.
Nick Mammano, who was president/CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, has rejoined Mercury Public Affairs as a managing director in its Saddle Brook office.
Seven Letter hires Allie Raffa, who was most recently White House correspondent for NBC News, as a senior director... Points of Light, an organization founded by President George H.W. Bush that is dedicated to volunteer service, names Jeff Zanelli as CMO... Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company, appoints Nora Shepard as VP of communications.
Alcoa has named Emily Olson, who has more than 20 years of experience working in capital-intensive industries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, EVP & chief external affairs officer, effective April 6.
