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| Michael Caputo |
The Department of Health and Human Services has named Michael Caputo assistant secretary for public affairs. An associate of Roger Stone and Paul Manafort, Caputo has served on the Trump campaign staff and did PR work for a subsidiary of Russian state-owned energy conglomerate Gazprom. He is also the author of “The Ukraine Hoax,” which claimed that there was a conspiracy behind Trump’s impeachment. Caputo has not previously worked in a high-level health care role. His appointment comes as the working relationship between Trump and HHS secretary Alex Azar has grown increasingly contentious, with Trump denying reports that Azar warned him about the gravity of the coronavirus situation in January.
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| Adrian Eyre |
Method Communications has brought on Adrian Eyre as senior vice president. Eyre joins Method from Edelman, where he was senior vice president and head of enterprise technology. Before that, he served as SVP, brand positioning & strategy at Ogilvy Public Relations. Eyre will be based in Method’s San Francisco office, leading its enterprise team along with Ruben Simpliciano, who joins the agency as a vice president. Simpliciano was previously a vice president at tech PR firm AxiCom. Method has also named Josh Lefkowitz (also a former AxiCom VP) as a vice president to head up its New York office.
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| Anne Alonzo |
Corteva Agriscience has appointed Anne Alonzo as senior vice president, external affairs and chief sustainability officer. Alonzo will have responsibility for setting strategy and leading the external affairs function, which includes corporate communications, global corporate responsibility, government & industry affairs, and product advocacy. Alonzo was previously president and CEO of the American Egg Board, the marketing arm of the U.S. egg industry, where she directed national campaigns in advertising, public relations and consumer education. Prior to joining the AEB in 2016, Alonzo was administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, the federal marketing agency at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Inizio Evoke names Stephanie DeViteri president, North America... Dentons Global Advisors-Albright Stonebridge Group brings on Joerg (Jörg) Wuttke as a partner, based in its DC office... Golin appoints Rowena Bergman as EVP, head of data & analytics for its U.S. healthcare practice, Golin Health... Raptor PR, a specialist tech PR agency for the global video games industry, brings on James Law as PR director.
StreetCred Communications brings on Rob Farmer, a veteran of The Rudin Group and Charles Schwab... Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies adds Jessica Monahan to its Washington D.C.-based lobbying team as a senior principal... Edcetera, a provider of career education programs that is backed by Eden Capital, appoints Jim Gallagher as CMO.
Derris promotes Lisa Frank, who founded the brand consultancy along with Jesse Derris in 2013, to CEO... PAN Communication
Aaron Guiterman will rejoin Edelman’s government and PA unit as head of US public affairs on April 29.
Meyocks, a branding and marketing agency, hires Marcie Garcia to lead its strategy function... Erich and Kallman, the ad agency co-founded by Steven Erich and Eric Kallman, appoints Stephen Larkin as its first CMO... Allied Global Marketing, which has 24 offices across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, names Nicola Gold as business director APAC, brand experience.
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