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| Dana Ripley |
American International Group hires Dana Ripley as vice president, global head of media & external communications, a newly created role. Ripley joins AIG from 12A Consulting, where he was founder and chief communications officer. He was previously chief communications officer at U.S. Bank; senior vice president, corporate communications at Voya Financial; and director of media relations at Jackson National Life Distributors. In his new post, Ripley will be focused on articulating and communicating AIG’s strategy and value proposition to its external stakeholders. “Dana is a seasoned professional with significant industry experience and communications expertise. He will play a critical role in all aspects of our strategic communications efforts,” said AIG executive vice president, general counsel & global head of communications and government affairs Lucy Fato.
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| Elysa Nelson |
Pierpont Communications promotes Elysa Nelson to senior vice president and Dave Stump to senior vice president, business development. Nelson joined Pierpont in Houston in 2015 and has helped build the agency’s San Antonio presence. Before coming to Pierpont, she was manager, corporate services communications at Fidelity Investments. Stump joined the agency in 2014 as vice president, business development. He was previously executive vice president, sales at information tech company Content Active and held senior marketing positions at 4 Guys Interactive and NGC.
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| Abbas Merchant |
Regions Bank names Abbas Merchant chief marketing officer. Merchant joins Regions from M&T Bank, where he was group vice president of consumer and business marketing and customer analytics and sciences. He previously led analytics and other marketing operations at U.S. Bancorp and the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company. Merchant succeeds Michele Elrod, who is retiring. “We are focused on providing personalized experiences and solutions for our customers, and the experience and insights Abbas brings to Regions will help us advance this priority,” said Regions Financial Corp. president and CEO John Turner.
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.
