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| Kriston McIntosh |
Hamilton Place Strategic brings on Kriston McIntosh as a managing director in its Washington, D.C., office. McIntosh was most recently managing director at the Hamilton Project, an economic policy center at the Brookings Institution. Before that, she served as senior vice president, alliances at Edelman. Earlier in her career, McIntosh held such government and policy positions as staff director of the U.S. Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, senior policy advisor to Rep. John Lewis and press secretary to Rep. John Conyers. “Kriston's deep understanding of the public policy and communications challenges ahead will be an invaluable asset to our firm,” said HPS founding partner Tony Fratto.
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| Alex Judd |
Clarity names Alex Judd head of planning and insight, a newly created role. Most recently Judd was digital director at Grayling, running its global planning and management tool suite. He has also worked at Bluepost Digital, Fishburn and Red Consultancy. In his new position, Judd will oversee the implementation of measurement and insights across Clarity’s global footprint and support growth plans for 2021. Based in London, he will report to Clarity president, North America and AMEC board member Jon Meakin. Clarity has also recently brought on Kara Silverman as Managing Director, New York, as well as promoting Ruth Sarfaty to head of client services, and Rachel Gilley to president EMEA alongside her UK MD role.
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| Musa Tariq |
GoFundMe has named Musa Tariq chief marketing officer. Before joining GoFundMe, Tariq was global head of marketing for Airbnb Experiences. He has also served as chief brand officer at Ford Motor Company and global marketing and communication director at Apple Retail, as well as holding executive marketing positions at Burberry and Nike. At GoFundMe, Tariq will lead the company’s marketing, brand, and communications functions, reporting to CEO Tim Cadogan. “With his deep understanding of global consumer markets and expertise in building communities online, Musa will be instrumental in helping us bring the positive power of GoFundMe to more people worldwide and find new and dynamic ways of telling the powerful stories of our community,” said Cadogan.
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.
Horizon Family Brands, which includes Horizon Organic and Wallaby Organic yogurt, hires Andrew Springate as CMO... Wake Tech, a Raleigh, NC community college that serves over 70000 adults annually, brings on Lisa Marie Ferrell, who previously led North America communications at Lenovo, as VP of communications and marketing... Golin brings on executive creative director Meg Farquhar in Chicago, and EVPs of strategy Tom Howells (Western Region) and Martin Coomber (New York).
Hotwire Global appoints Burson global chief digital & intelligence officer Grant Toups as global CEO, effective in January.
Bader Rutter, which works with clients in the agriculture, food, beverage and pet care sectors, appoints Demar Anderson as CMO... Acceleration Community of Companies appoints Michael Moschella to lead its new insights division, ACC Intelligence... Luminate, a London-based shop focused on infrastructure and energy sectors, hires Osman Dervish as director—head of development... The Alpine Group promotes Alison Graab to principal from SVP.
