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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.
Steve Rice, who served as director of political mobilization for Boeing, joins DC-based bipartisan public affairs and strategic communications firm The Herald Group as SVP, overseeing its grasstops and 50-state field operations. 
Qorvis has named Victor Shiblie senior advisor to boost its international network and global business opportunities.
Pierre DuBois has taken the VP-public affairs post at AIB Data Centers, developer of the digital infrastructure for AI hosting and high-performance computing workloads.
Allison Worldwide names Victoria Brophy EVP, head of corporate and technology in Europe. Brophy comes to the firm from Golin Ketchum London, where as EVP she built and led the London Corporate Affairs practice... 
Signal Group, a DC-based public affairs firm, hires Josie Feron as director. Feron was most recently communications director for the Office of Congresswoman Deborah Ross (D-NC)... Moburst, a mobile-first digital agency driven by a proprietary AI program, appoints Etgar Shpivak as VP of marketing... Howard University hires Jasmine Gurley as senior director of public relations in the Office of University Communications.
