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| Stephanie Garcia |
W2O brings on Stephanie Garcia as chief people officer. Garcia joins W2O from Postmates, where she was senior vice president, people and civic labs. Before that, she led global HR and business performance at PayPal and Salesforce. She also held HR leadership roles at Life Technologies Corporation, a leader in biotech solutions. “Stephanie brings incredible energy and a refreshing perspective that will help us achieve our ambitious vision for the future,” said W2O founder and CEO Jim Weiss.
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| Roselyn Igbani |
Precision has hired Roselyn Igbani to serve as its first creative director and Tim Rice to serve as a director in its Strategic Communications practice. Igbani was previously senior art director at DDC Public Affairs, overseeing the vision and execution of digital campaigns and managing a staff of over 15 creatives. Before that, she was a designer and art director at SevenTwenty Strategies. Rice was most recently an executive vice president, managing director at BCW. He has also worked as a senior director at Burson-Marsteller and manager, corporate communications at PNC Financial Services Group. His areas of expertise include corporate and brand positioning, executive communications and visibility, strategic media relations, issues management, and headline risk mitigation.
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| Sophia Kim |
New York State Department of Financial Services names Sophia Kim director of communications. Kim joined DFS in 2019 as press secretary. She was previously a director in the public affairs practice at SKDKnickerbocker’s New York office and a spokeswoman for the Fire Department of the City of New York, working with senior leaders on crisis communications, media relations and rapid response during fires and emergency incidents. She also served as a deputy press secretary at the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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| Jayne O'Brien |
JetBlue hires Jayne O’Brien as head of marketing and loyalty. O’Brien comes to JetBlue from Scenic—Luxury Cruises & Tours, where she was managing director, USA. Before that, she was senior vice president of global brands at Intercontinental Hotel Group, chief marketing officer for Dubai Properties Group and head of global brand & UK marketing at British Airways. In her new post, O’Brien is responsible for the airline’s brand, marketing and advertising, e-commerce and TrueBlue loyalty program.
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.
