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| Sal Petruzzi |
Fox Corporation has hired Sal Petruzzi, who was most recently senior VP of domestic communications at Turner Broadcasting, as a senior VP of communications, Petruzzi will lead communications strategies for the company’s ad sales. At Turner, Petruzzi oversaw communications efforts for its ad sales and distribution divisions; its entertainment, young adults and kids networks; and Turner Sports. Before coming to Turner in 2003, he served as director of PR at A&E Television Networks. He was previously at Dan Klores Communications, where handled communications for a number of the agency’s corporate, entertainment, media and sports clients. Petruzzi will report to Marianne Gambelli, Fox’s president of ad sales, who oversees the company’s efforts to gain advertiser support for all of its programming.
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| Evie Nagy |
Mission North has named Evie Nagy senior director of content and digital strategy. Nagy comes to the agency from edtech company Wonderschool, where she led content and communications. She was previously senior manager, editorial and social communications at software company Slack, helping to build the company’s content and corporate editorial programs. Nagy has also worked as a staff writer at Fast Company and an editor at Rolling Stone and Billboard. In her new position, she will lead content marketing strategies and executive thought leadership across Mission North's portfolio of clients in addition to being a member of the content and digital strategy studio. Mission North was formerly the Bateman Group.
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| Leslie Pitterson |
Google has brought on Leslie Pitterson to lead the PR team for its ads platforms & publishers business. She will be based in the company’s New York office. Pitterson comes to Google from Nielsen where she was VP of communications, leading media relations, issue management and strategic communications for the company’s global digital business. She has held roles at Moody’s Investor Services, Morgan Stanley, PBS and the Clinton Foundation. Pitterson also serves as chief communications officer on the board of directors for New York Women in Communications.
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Bospar hires veteran technology, cybersecurity and healthcare sector journalist and content creator Doug Olenick as tech and healthcare content director... The Huntington National Bank appoints Ameesh Vakharia as EVP and chief marketing and digital products officer, a newly created role... SDA International, a Honolulu-based strategic communications firm, promotes Cassie Kim to SVP. 
Burson Brussels chief client officer Ruud Wassen has moved to Consello to open its outpost in the headquarters city of NATO and the European Union.
Reputation Advisors International adds Newick Consulting founder Peter Thomas as its newest member. Based in Abu Dhabi, Thomas has more than 35 years of experience advising major global clients on reputation issues... TruePoint appoints April Steinbach, who has held senior creative posts at BBDO and McCann Worldgroup, as creative director....Athene, a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management that focuses on retirement solutions, names Brett Gibson EVP and head of investor relations. Gibson comes to Athene from JP Morgan Securities.
Stellantis names Stephanie Hartgrove chief communications officer. Hartgrove joins Stellantis from Johnson & Johnson, where she was global vice president of MedTech communications and public affairs... FINN Partners appoints Kim Sizemore as head of integrated media. Sizemore joins FINN from Wieden+Kennedy... Lucid Group, which makes software-defined vehicles and technologies, names Angela Zepeda as Vice President, Global Marketing. Zepeda was most recently global head of marketing at Elon Musk's xAI. 
