 |
| Wendy Lund |
Wendy Lund, CEO of GCI Health since 2010, is leaving the BCW unit to take the chief communications officer job at Organon & Co.
Kristin Cahill, North America president, will succeed Lund on Jan. 1. The 17-year GCI veteran was New York market leader prior to rising to the presidency in 2015. Cahill will report to Donna Imperato, BCW CEO.
“Kristin has spent her entire career in the healthcare industry, providing strategic and creative counsel to clients, recruiting and retaining the industry’s top talent and fostering a very strong culture,” said Imperato in a statement.
 |
| Kristin Cahill |
She credited Cahill for serving as a key member of the leadership team that “catapulted the agency from a boutique into a global powerhouse.”
Organon, which has more than 10K employees, is the spin-off of Merck & Co.’s women’s health, contraceptive and fertility businesses.
It also has a line of dermatology, pain, respiratory and cardiovascular products.
INFINITE appoints Eric Wiedeke as head of talent, a newly created position intended to strengthen the firm’s people strategy and global growth ambitions... Anomaly promotes Kira Montgomery to executive strategy director, head of communications strategy, expanding her remit from the agency’s Toronto office to its full North American business... The Jackson Laboratory, which focuses on genetics and genomic medicine, appoints Steven Holstein as SVP of external affairs.
Global Counsel managing director Benedict Brogan is joining FTI Consulting as a senior managing director within its strategic communications segment.
Lionsgate, which brings together diversified motion picture and television production and distribution businesses, promotes Laurel Pecchia to SVP, corporate communications... Anonymous Content, a New York-based film production and management company, recruits former Showtime/MTV executive vice president Liza Burnett Fefferman as chief communications and marketing officer, a newly created position... Legacy Motor Club brings on Ryan Grab as VP, marketing and communications.
Stagwell has named Lena Petersen, a veteran of MediaLink, Starcom MediaVest and Leo Burnett, chief brand and communications officer.
Carrie Healey has joined the National Association of Broadcasters as VP communications. Most recently, she was program lead at Purple Strategies.
