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| Joy Corso |
Cloud communications company Vonage has named Joy Corso chief marketing officer. Corso comes to Vonage from Virtustream, where she was senior vice president and chief marketing officer. She has also served as head of global internal & executive communications at Advanced Micro Devices and director, strategic communications at Raytheon. In her new post, Corso will lead all areas of Vonage's global marketing function, working to advance the Company's leadership position in cloud communications. She will report to Vonage CEO Rory Read, who said that her “marketing expertise, leadership skills and transformation experience will help further position the Company as a software and technology leader."
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| Hali Levandoski |
C-Strategies, a Chicago-based strategic communications and public affairs firm, has brought on Hali Levandoski as vice president. Levandoski most recently served as deputy press secretary in the office of Chicago mayor Lori E. Lightfoot. Before that, she was a public affairs associate at Kivvit. “Her work ethic, experience managing high profile public crises and deep understanding of civic spheres is a bonus for both our firm and clients,” said C-Strategies president and CEO Becky Carroll.
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| Christy Raedeke |
Chargeurs*PCC Fashion Technologies has appointed Christy Raedeke as the company’s first chief marketing officer, effective Aug. 10. Raedeke comes to the company from Noble Biomaterials, where she was chief marketing officer. She has also served as executive vice president of global sales and marketing at Cocona Inc., and was director of marketing and communications for Massif, a leader in high-performance protective apparel. Raedeke is also a founding member of DesignxHumanity, a nonprofit that provides free design and technology training to help Black, Indigenous and People of Color launch their careers at no cost. In her new post, she will lead all marketing efforts in support of Chargeurs’ global growth strategy, reporting directly to Angela Chan, global president of Chargeurs*PCC Fashion Technologies.
Actum has hired Cecelia Prewett, who was president of DC Public Affairs at SKDK during a nearly 13-year run, as senior managing director in its Washington office.
Franz Paasche, who was most recently EVP for public affairs and communications at Columbia University, will join Verizon as EVP, corporate affairs, effective Nov. 10.
Horizon Family Brands, which includes Horizon Organic and Wallaby Organic yogurt, hires Andrew Springate as CMO... Wake Tech, a Raleigh, NC community college that serves over 70000 adults annually, brings on Lisa Marie Ferrell, who previously led North America communications at Lenovo, as VP of communications and marketing... Golin brings on executive creative director Meg Farquhar in Chicago, and EVPs of strategy Tom Howells (Western Region) and Martin Coomber (New York).
Hotwire Global appoints Burson global chief digital & intelligence officer Grant Toups as global CEO, effective in January.
Bader Rutter, which works with clients in the agriculture, food, beverage and pet care sectors, appoints Demar Anderson as CMO... Acceleration Community of Companies appoints Michael Moschella to lead its new insights division, ACC Intelligence... Luminate, a London-based shop focused on infrastructure and energy sectors, hires Osman Dervish as director—head of development... The Alpine Group promotes Alison Graab to principal from SVP.
