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| Jess Hilton |
Allied BioScience has hired Jess Hilton as chief marketing officer. Hilton joins the Dallas-based company from Rauxa, where she served as managing director and senior vice president. She was previously senior vice president of client partnerships at Ansira. Hilton directly manages all public relations, social media, digital and global marketing efforts for Allied as it brings its antimicrobial coating, SurfaceWise2, to market. The product is the first to receive EPA approval for use to provide surface protection against COVID-19. The initial approval, granted this week, is for emergency use by American Airlines and Dallas-based Total Orthopedics Sports & Spine clinics, with the broad approval process currently underway.
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| John Graziano |
GRSi, which provides services that include IT infrastructure modernization, software engineering and technology assessment, has named John Graziano corporate communications director. Graziano comes to GRSi from Leidos Health Group, where he served as communications manager. In his new post, he will be responsible for growing brand recognition and thought leadership as well as internal communications and social media campaigns, among other duties. GRSi executive vp and chief of staff Diane Yarnell said that Graziano brings “valuable years of experience and best practices from large and small organizations that we can scale to help support our customers’ missions.”
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| Laura Willis |
Cohesion Marketing Partners has brought on Laura Willis as chief marketing officer. Willis comes to Cohesion from Encore Revolution, a branding firm she founded in 2014. She previously served as director of marketing at Traditions Home Health Services and creative director at Fidelity Investments. At Cohesion, Willis will act as a strategic marketing consultant and marketing team leader for clients in the Boston area. “The brand development systems Laura developed at Encore Revolution are inspiring, and we are excited about the prospect of putting them to practice for Cohesion clients,” said Cohesion CEO Jennifer Anderson.
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.
Longacre Square Partners has named Humza Vanderman partner and head of its London outpost as the financial communications firm expands into Europe.
FGS Global adds former Pfizer EVP and chief corporate affairs officer Sally Susman to its global executive board as an independent member, effective April 1... Codeword brings on Kim Baffi, who was previously Salesforce VP and creative director, as executive creative director... Amperity, an AI-powered customer data cloud, appoints Bridget Perry as CMO.
MOIA America, a Volkswagen Group of America subsidiary that develops and tests autonomous, all-electric ride-pooling vehicles, names Marcus Gamo head of U.S. communications... Continental Strategy brings on Francisco Petrirena as VP in its Miami office. Petrirena was previously chief of staff to former Miami city manager Art Noriega... MSQ Sport + Entertainment brings on Lauren Weil as EVP, Max Hirsch as VP of sponsorship, and Brooke Losee as VP.
Burson promotes EMEA COO Matt Buchanan to global chief social and Influence officer, a newly created role... Seedtag, a “global neuro-contextual advertising company,” brings on former Edelman SVP, corporate and public affairs Brendan McCarthy as chief marketing & communications officer... The Associated Press ups Lauren Easton to SVP and chief communications officer.
