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| Aidan Ryan |
Edelman brings on Aidan Ryan as VP with the firm’s U.S. crisis and reputation risk advisory team, effective Feb. 12. Ryan comes to Edelman from Goldberg Segalla, where he led the crisis and litigation communications practice, advising clients in a range of private industries, government and the nonprofit sector. Based out of Edelman’s D.C. office, Ryan will work remotely from Upstate New York.
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| Lesleigh Irish-Undewrwood |
MetroPlusHsealth appoints Lesleigh Irish-Underwood as its first chief brand and external relations officer. Irish-Underwood joins the company from United Way of New York City, where she was senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Before that, she held marketing and advertising leadership roles at Kensington Publishing, the Knopf Publishing Group of Random House and Pearson. At MetroPlusHealth, Irish-Underwood will be responsible for brand strategy, including product marketing, strategic communications, media relations, community and government relations, member experience, special events, and data-driven marketing innovation. “Lesleigh has that rare combination of strategic thinking, creativity, and management expertise needed to lead the next stage of our brand evolution,” said MetroPlusHealth President & CEO Talya Schwartz, MD.
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| Tom McAlister |
BECK Media & Marketing promotes Tom McAlister to president and makes him the company’s first-ever partner. McAlister was previously managing director at the firm and has led campaigns for clients including ZipRecruiter, National Geographic and Facebook Watch. He established and continues to lead BECK Purpose, the company’s pro bono corporate social responsibility initiative. McAlister has also served as head of content marketing at Hulu and director of publicity initiatives at Warner Bros. Television. In his new role, McAlister oversees all of BECK’s account teams and operations across its locations in Austin, Atlanta, New York City, San Francisco, and the company’s headquarters in Santa Monica. “Tom is a world-class creative marketing and communications strategist, and I’m so grateful that our clients will continue to have access to his counsel,” said BECK Media founder and CEO Todd Beck.
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| Abigail Quesinberry |
French/West/Vaughan has promoted Abigail Quesinberry to vice president, social media & influencer marketing; Nicole Lavric to paid media director; and Danny Nowell to content strategy director. Quesinberry has been with FWV since 2015, previously serving as director of social media and influencer marketing. Lavric joined the agency as paid social manager in 2019. Nowell came to FWV from Team Epiphany in 2019. “We are extremely fortunate to have such a talented team of professionals across our paid and social media departments, especially as trends and offerings rapidly change and transform in these areas,” said FWV chairman and CEO Rick French.
Edelman names United Entertainment Group CEO Jarrod Moses as vice chairman. Moses will continue in his role at UEG... Burson brings on Matthew Wagner, who was most recently global client relationship manager and energy sector lead at Edelman, as EVP and global client leader... The Key PR appoints Jodi Maroney as principal. Maroney joins the agency after a 25-year run at Access Brand Communications.
Jeffrey Rosen, senior chair of the corporate department at legal firm Debevoise & Plimpton, joins FGS Global, where he will serve as senior advisor.
HUNTER brings on Lori Ruggiero as managing director of its corporate communications practice... Covo Intelligence, an independent research and intelligence firm, names Tony Cheevers director of strategic growth... MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) hires Brian Swarth as SVP of marketing, effective July 20. 
Whit Clay, who exited the Co-CEO slot at Sloane & Co. 18 months ago to head Longacre Square Partners’ New York office, has been promoted to serve as the first CEO of the financial communication shop.
Global Strategy Group names Claudio Taratuta as an EVP of the L@B, its in-house creative and media agency. Taratuta joins GSG from Praytell, where he was a founding team member... ROKK Solutions appoints Kris Havens as EVP of intel and insights. Havens was most recently a partner at Penta Group... Cliff House Maine brings on William Courtney Lowe as chief business development and brand strategist. Lowe joins Cliff House Maine from Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod, where he was VP of marketing & business development. 
