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| Laura Lane |
UPS has promoted Laura Lane to chief corporate affairs and communications officer. Lane joined the company in 2011 as president, global public affairs. Before coming to UPS, she served as managing director and head of international government affairs at Citigroup and vice president for global public policy with Time Warner. Lane was previously a trade negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in the negotiation of China’s entry to the World Trade Organization, the WTO Financial Services Agreement and the WTO Basic Telecommunications Agreement, and served as a diplomat in the U.S. Foreign Service from 1990-1997. In her new post, Lane will oversee public policy and government affairs, public relations, employee communications and the UPS Foundation. “Laura is a strategic leader who knows how to seize opportunities, tackle challenges and rally employees to achieve goals,” said UPS chief executive officer Carol Tomé.
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| Licy Do Canto |
Burson Cohn & Wolfe executive vice president and managing director, public affairs Licy Do Canto has been named to the board of Alluma, a nonprofit that connects people to essential services through technology and policy expertise. At BCW, Do Canto drives social impact policy and strategy, and helps shape the strategic direction on diversity, inclusion and belonging for the firm and its clients across North America. Before coming to BCW, he was founder and president of public affairs firm The Do Canto Group. He has also served on the legislative staff of former U.S. Congressman Barney Frank and as an aide to the late U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
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| Amanda Seaford |
SPM has hired Amanda Seaford as CEO, effective Sept. 1. Current SPM chief executive Patti Winegar will assume the role of vice chair of SPM Group. Seaford was previously U.S. CEO of Mirum/Wunderman Thompson, where she was responsible for eight offices and managed the digital needs of United Healthcare, Mazda, Qualcomm, Epson, Unilever, and the Marines. She has also served as global chief client officer and global CMO at Omnicom digital agency Critical Mass. In her new position, Seaford will provide leadership across all SPM Group companies. Winegar said Seaford “is truly an innovator and engaged leader, with vast experience in digital. Her skills will complement SPM's existing strengths." Earlier this year, SPM Group acquired Centretek, a digital marketing and enterprise website development company for hospitals and health systems.
Whit Clay, who exited the Co-CEO slot at Sloane & Co. 18 months ago to head Longacre Square Partners’ New York office, has been promoted to serve as the first CEO of the financial communication shop.
Global Strategy Group names Claudio Taratuta as an EVP of the L@B, its in-house creative and media agency. Taratuta joins GSG from Praytell, where he was a founding team member... ROKK Solutions appoints Kris Havens as EVP of intel and insights. Havens was most recently a partner at Penta Group... Cliff House Maine brings on William Courtney Lowe as chief business development and brand strategist. Lowe joins Cliff House Maine from Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod, where he was VP of marketing & business development. 
Eitan Bencuya, who has more than 20 years of technology PR experience, has signed on with Brunswick Group as a partner in its San Francisco office.
DGA Group has lined up the former US ambassadors to Qatar and Saudi Arabia as senior advisors to help clients navigate that politically complex region.
Narrative Strategies names Adam Silverstein as managing director in New York. Silverstein was most recently head of media relations & thought leadership at Scient Public Relations... Mission North brings on Alex Hunter as EVP of health and innovation... Baird & Warner, a family-owned independent real estate services company that serves the Chicago area, appoints Jeanette Cutler as CMO.
