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| Katie Beirne Fallon |
McDonald’s hires Katie Beirne Fallon as chief global impact officer. Fallon joins McDonald’s from Hilton, where she served as executive vice president, global affairs, managing the company’s communications, government relations and corporate responsibility efforts. Before that, she worked in the Obama White House as director of legislative affairs and deputy communications director. Her other positions include legislative director for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), deputy staff director for policy for the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee and policy director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. At McDonald’s, Fallon will oversee a team responsible for government relations, communications, sustainability and oversight for the company’s corporate philanthropy and ESG strategy. CEO Chris Kempczinski said that Fallon “will bring critical insights from her experience in both the public and private sectors that will help ensure we continue to lead the way in serving our customers and stakeholders.”
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| Alex Schultz |
Facebook has promoted Alex Schultz to chief marketing officer. Schultz, who has been with the company since 2007, replaces Antonio Lucio, who left Facebook in August. Schultz was previously vice president of growth and analytics, and in that position has worked on brand safety issues, improving community standards, tackling hate speech and infrastructure projects linked to public health and misinformation issues around COVID-19. Prior to joining Facebook, he was marketing manager at eBay. In a Facebook blog post, Schultz said that he will bring his “experience in segmentation, targeting, and measurement to bear as we work to reach people more meaningfully through our product.”
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| Micheline Nijmeh |
Silicon Valley software company JFrog has appointed Micheline Nijmeh as chief marketing officer. Nijmeh most recently served as senior vice president and chief marketing officer at cloud security company Zscaler. She was previously CMO at SaaS company Xactly and has held senior marketing roles at Salesforce and Sun Microsystems. "We believe Micheline's proven ability to lead in fast-paced and high-growth environments, coupled with the energy and strategic vision she brings, will be invaluable for JFrog and the DevOps community as we aim to drive our next phase of growth," said JFrog co-founder and CEO Shlomi Ben Haim.
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Catherine Sullivan, global chief communications officer at Burson, has exited the WPP unit after a 12-year run.
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation hires Amy Martin Ziegenfuss as CMO, effective June 3. Ziegenfuss was most recently CMO at Carnival Cruise Line... Narrative Strategies brings on Hanna Beckman and Rich Casale as senior directors... Grayling has appointed Maury Postal as EVP, creative strategy and innovation services... HMH (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), an educational publisher and technology company focused on K–12 education, assessments and professional learning, names Jessica Naeve CMO.
Brunswick Group has announced that Teneo's Christian Buss and Netflix's Paul Shaw have joined the firm as partners in San Francisco.
4media group promotes chief operating officer Melissa Elsner to CEO, succeeding Ed Cyster... Seven Letter names Tanvi Purohit account director at its Seven Letter Labs unit... Moxie Strategies, which is marking its second anniversary, brings on Janice Laurente as EVP of public affairs.
