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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.
maslansky + partners, a specialist consultancy within Omnicom Public Relations, names founding partner Keith Yazmir president of the firm... The National Football League Players Association names Matt Taylor chief communications officer, effective Sept. 8... Repay Holdings Corporation, a provider of bill payment solutions, appoints Charles Nabhan as head of investor relations.
Bospar hires veteran technology, cybersecurity and healthcare sector journalist and content creator Doug Olenick as tech and healthcare content director... The Huntington National Bank appoints Ameesh Vakharia as EVP and chief marketing and digital products officer, a newly created role... SDA International, a Honolulu-based strategic communications firm, promotes Cassie Kim to SVP. 
Burson Brussels chief client officer Ruud Wassen has moved to Consello to open its outpost in the headquarters city of NATO and the European Union.
Reputation Advisors International adds Newick Consulting founder Peter Thomas as its newest member. Based in Abu Dhabi, Thomas has more than 35 years of experience advising major global clients on reputation issues... TruePoint appoints April Steinbach, who has held senior creative posts at BBDO and McCann Worldgroup, as creative director....Athene, a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management that focuses on retirement solutions, names Brett Gibson EVP and head of investor relations. Gibson comes to Athene from JP Morgan Securities.
Stellantis names Stephanie Hartgrove chief communications officer. Hartgrove joins Stellantis from Johnson & Johnson, where she was global vice president of MedTech communications and public affairs... FINN Partners appoints Kim Sizemore as head of integrated media. Sizemore joins FINN from Wieden+Kennedy... Lucid Group, which makes software-defined vehicles and technologies, names Angela Zepeda as Vice President, Global Marketing. Zepeda was most recently global head of marketing at Elon Musk's xAI. 
