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| John Hatfield |
Norfolk Southern recruits John Hatfield for the VP-corporate communications job. Hatfield will also oversee the freight railroad's foundation. He comes to the company from energy provider Arizona Public Service, where he served as VP, communications and community affairs. Before that, he was director, corporate communications at public utility holding company Edison International and a senior VP at Golin. "John is a seasoned executive and experienced communication professional," said Norfolk Southern Chairman president, and CEO James Squires. "As we move through a time of tremendous change for our company, it's essential for us to engage effectively with our stakeholders."
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| Greg Drebin |
Loop Media hires Greg Drebin as chief content and marketing officer. Drebin joins Loop from 20th Century Fox Television Distribution, where he was executive VP of worldwide marketing, publicity and research. He previously served as senior VP of programming and marketing at Warner Bros. International TV Branded Services, and has also held key posts at Universal Music Group and Infinity Broadcasting. At Loop, Drebin will be tasked with developing content and brands as well as being responsible for the creative and marketing initiatives of Loop Media and its business and consumer-facing brands.
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| Stacey Wu, Jessica Deckinger |
Everbridge names Stacey Wu chief marketing officer and Jessica Deckinger chief communications officer. Both will report directly to Everbridge CEO David Meredith. Wu comes to Everbridge from cybersecurity company Fortinet, where she served as senior vice president global marketing. She previously held executive marketing leadership and global demand generation positions at Avaya and Symantec. Deckinger joins Everbridge from Humana, where she served as CMO of its Author by Humana division. She has also held the CMO post at both Adeo Health Science and Merchant Customer Exchange. “Stacey and Jessica demonstrate our ability to hire top leaders with great credentials. They both ran marketing and communications organizations for major global brands and bring to Everbridge extensive expertise, as well as graduate degrees from MIT and Harvard, respectively,” said Meredith.
Eitan Bencuya, who has more than 20 years of technology PR experience, has signed on with Brunswick Group as a partner in its San Francisco office.
DGA Group has lined up the former US ambassadors to Qatar and Saudi Arabia as senior advisors to help clients navigate that politically complex region.
Narrative Strategies names Adam Silverstein as managing director in New York. Silverstein was most recently head of media relations & thought leadership at Scient Public Relations... Mission North brings on Alex Hunter as EVP of health and innovation... Baird & Warner, a family-owned independent real estate services company that serves the Chicago area, appoints Jeanette Cutler as CMO.
Greg Honan, who worked in the Biden White House as director of message planning and chief of staff for its office of communications, is joining public affairs firm Seven Letter as a managing director.
David Bassity, who was VP for football communications for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, will join the Big Ten Conference on July 20.
