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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.
Seven Letter hires Allie Raffa, who was most recently White House correspondent for NBC News, as a senior director... Points of Light, an organization founded by President George H.W. Bush that is dedicated to volunteer service, names Jeff Zanelli as CMO... Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company, appoints Nora Shepard as VP of communications.
Alcoa has named Emily Olson, who has more than 20 years of experience working in capital-intensive industries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, EVP & chief external affairs officer, effective April 6.
Longacre Square Partners has named Humza Vanderman partner and head of its London outpost as the financial communications firm expands into Europe.
FGS Global adds former Pfizer EVP and chief corporate affairs officer Sally Susman to its global executive board as an independent member, effective April 1... Codeword brings on Kim Baffi, who was previously Salesforce VP and creative director, as executive creative director... Amperity, an AI-powered customer data cloud, appoints Bridget Perry as CMO.
MOIA America, a Volkswagen Group of America subsidiary that develops and tests autonomous, all-electric ride-pooling vehicles, names Marcus Gamo head of U.S. communications... Continental Strategy brings on Francisco Petrirena as VP in its Miami office. Petrirena was previously chief of staff to former Miami city manager Art Noriega... MSQ Sport + Entertainment brings on Lauren Weil as EVP, Max Hirsch as VP of sponsorship, and Brooke Losee as VP.
