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| Erin Pryor |
First Horizon National Corp. hires Erin Pryor as executive VP and chief marketing officer. Pryor comes to First Horizon from USAA, where she served as executive director, retail bank marketing. Her previous positions included vice president, integrated marketing at United Capital Financial Advisers and director of marketing at Opus Bank. Pryor will be responsible for leading company-wide marketing strategies at First Horizon. “As a seasoned marketing professional, she will be instrumental in developing marketing initiatives to reach clients in creative and innovative ways,” said First Horizon president and CEO Bryan Jordan.
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| Sandy Crisafulli |
Caryl Communications ups Sandy Crisafulli to chief operating officer. Crisafulli, who joined the agency in 1992, served as vice president until 1998, and subsequently focused on account management, writing and media relations as a contractor for the agency. In her new position, she will oversee day-to-day operations, client strategy and team development, while continuing as senior account manager. “Sandy is known by her clients as a top-level service provider who works diligently for them and produces outstanding results; as COO, she will be in touch with all of the firm’s clients and contribute to their successes,” said founder, president and chairman Caryl Bixon-Gordon.
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| Elizabeth Ross |
Bright Health names Elizabeth Ross chief marketing officer, effective Nov. 30. Ross was previously the president and CEO of Periscope, an independent advertising agency that she sold to Wisconsin-based printer Quad Graphics in 2019. Prior to that, she served as global CMO at IPG Mediabrands, chief growth officer at Digitas and US President at Tribal DDB. At Bright Health, Ross will oversee all of the company’s marketing and external communications efforts. "With her decades of experience crafting dynamic, consumer-centric campaigns, Liz will be a vital asset in accelerating our growth and bringing our model to more consumers and providers across the country," said Bright Health president and CEO Mike Mikan.
Ruder Finn hires Brent Mullins as SVP, talent and partnerships. Mullins joins the agency from 160over90, where he was VP, entertainment marketing... Allison Worldwide names Katie Huang Shin global president, technology, effective Nov. 14... Vasion, which provides serverless printing and AI-enabled automation, appoints Cindy White as CMO. 
Mod Op brings on John Powers and Alan Kipust as part of its Executive in Residence program, which already includes former Dun & Bradstreet chief data officer Monica Richter... Takeda Pharmaceuticals hires James-Denton Wyllie as head of R&D and external innovation communications... Veeam Software, which specializes in data resilience solutions, appoints Allison Cerra as CMO.
The Dallas Mavericks bring on Gina Miller as chief communications officer, a newly created role. She was previously with Major League Soccer team FC Dallas... Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit organization that advances arts advocacy, names Jamey Lundblad as CMO... Ambac Financial Group, an insurance holding company, names Karen Beyer managing director, head of investor relations.
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.
