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| Sherry Goldberg |
GCI Health names Sherry Goldberg, Kath Kerry and Rikki Jones regional presidents on its global executive management team. Goldberg will serve as president of North America. She was previously the agency’s managing director in the U.S. She will now be responsible for growing GCI Health’s network of healthcare communicators in the U.S., which includes offices in New York, Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Nashville, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Washington, DC. Kerry, who has most recently been the agency’s managing director of the UK, oversaw the recent opening of GCI Health’s Brussels office and will continue to build out its European capability, while also growing into healthcare markets in the Middle East. President of Asia-Pacific Rikki Jones established the company’s Asia-Pacific presence in Singapore in 2019 and has since added offices in Hong Kong, Japan and India. She will remain focused on continuing GCI’s growth in current markets, while expanding its footprint across the region.
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| Stephanie Buscemi |
Confluent, event streamer, brings on Salesforce chief marketing officer Stephanie Buscemi as CMO. Before coming to Salesforce in 2014, Buscemi held the CMO position at information services company IHS Markit. She has served in executive leadership and senior marketing roles within the enterprise applications, analytics and business intelligence, cloud, mobile, and database technology sectors. “Stephanie is the embodiment of a modern marketing leader,” said Confluent co-founder and CEO Jay Kreps. “Her experience and success leading marketing for one of the most iconic cloud companies of our time will play an instrumental role as Confluent enters into our next phase.”
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| Katie Krause |
The Baltimore Orioles hire Katie Krause as director, public relations. Krause most recently served as senior manager of corporate communications for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Before that, she held se several marketing and media relations positions with the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League. In her new post, Krause will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Orioles’ public relations department and generate opportunities to publicize the club’s efforts on the field and in the community. She reports to senior vice president, community development and communications Jennifer Grondahl.
FTI Consulting appoints Jason Leow as a senior managing director in its strategic communications segment. He was vice chair and head of APAC at Edelman Smithfield... Ballard Partners is bringing on Tucker Knott, who currently serves as chief of staff to Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC), as a partner in DC.... TMRW Sports, a sports media company founded by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and former NBC Sports Group president, golf and global strategy Mike McCarley, names Peter Jung as CMO.
Ripley PR realigns its leadership team with the promotion of Anthony Cloud to managing director, B2C and franchising, and a new role for Grayson Shockley as managing director, B2B. Cloud, who joined Ripley PR in October 2020, has held multiple roles within the agency, including brand manager and content specialist... Walker Sands adds former Havas Digital global CEO and chairman George Gallate to its board of directors... Stewards, a diversified financial company based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, appoints Scott McGowan as CMO.
Kevin Lawlor, who most recently served as chief political officer and EVP at DDC Public Affairs, is coming on board at Zeno Group as head of public affairs.
Former Ketchum partner Esty Pujadas joins Grayling as CEO of its North America business, part of the agency’s expansion in the region.
Marketbridge brings on Bob Ray as CEO. Ray was previously CEO, head of B2B agency services at Merkle, part of the Dentsu Group... Rasky Partners promotes Andy Hoglund and Graham Shalgian to partner... IGB Group, an investor relations, capital markets, and strategic communications advisory firm, appoints Charlotte Burch as a managing director.
