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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.
Lionsgate, which brings together diversified motion picture and television production and distribution businesses, promotes Laurel Pecchia to SVP, corporate communications... Anonymous Content, a New York-based film production and management company, recruits former Showtime/MTV executive vice president Liza Burnett Fefferman as chief communications and marketing officer, a newly created position... Legacy Motor Club brings on Ryan Grab as VP, marketing and communications.
Stagwell has named Lena Petersen, a veteran of MediaLink, Starcom MediaVest and Leo Burnett, chief brand and communications officer.
Carrie Healey has joined the National Association of Broadcasters as VP communications. Most recently, she was program lead at Purple Strategies.
HAVAS Red names Adeena Fried EVP health & wellness, based in New York... Genius Sports Limited, a provider of real-time sports data, names Tony Marlow as CMO... Deerfield Group, which works with clients in the healthcare and life sciences sectors, promotes Bill Veltre to chief media officer... The Public Affairs Council brings on Monica Day as senior manager in its political affairs practice, Deanna Wisniewski as senior manager of communications and Sam Kasner as manager of events. 
Imre names Paulina De la Riva chief strategy officer. De la Riva joins the agency from Ogilvy Health, where she most recently served as EVP, strategy for North America... FNK IR, a strategic investor relations firm focused on smaller cap companies, brings on Greg McKinley as director, investor relations... Bear Icebox Communications, a Chicago-based firm, promotes Sean Wille to VP, strategy + operations... Abode Worldwide, a specialist firmthat works across hotels, short-term rentals and the wider serviced living sectors, appoints Kerry Wilson as chief operating officer.
