| Francine Housier |
Stratacomm hires Francine Housier as director of people and culture, a newly-created role. Housier was most recently human resources director and chief of staff at environmental non-profit Baltimore Blue Water. She previously worked in human resources for Johns Hopkins University, the Nature Conservancy and led her own consultancy. At Stratacomm, she will be responsible for supporting employees, leading recruitment, training and compliance, and crafting and maintaining policies and programs to support the agency overall.
 |
| Leah Knepper |
French/West/Vaughan promotes Leah Knepper to senior VP, managing an account group that encompasses clients in the travel and tourism, financial services and food and beverage industries. Knepper, who was previously VP, also helps oversee FWV Fetching, the division of FWV dedicated to pet and animal health PR/marketing. In addition, CGPR, FWV’s Greater Boston office, has brought on National Diamond Council head of strategic partnerships & experiential marketing Brooke Goodwin-Fullerton as a VP, and named Tracy Wood controller.
 |
| Ivette Delgado |
Infinite Global brings on Ivette Delgado as an associate VP D.C. Delgado joins Infinite Global from Am Law 100 legal firm BakerHostetler, where she was senior public relations manager. She previously held communications roles in New York at plaintiffs litigation firm Labaton Sucharow, as well as international, full-service firms Seyfarth Shaw and Hogan Lovells. At Infinite Global, Delgado will counsel agency leadership, subject matter experts, business development teams and marketing departments on firmwide and practice-specific PR campaigns. "Ivette brings deep in-house experience that will be tremendously valuable to our current and future clients," said Infinite Global CEO Jamie Diaferia.
 |
| Nick Jones |
MERGE names Nick Jones chief client officer and a member of the company’s executive committee. Jones comes to the agency from Geometry, where he served as chief growth officer, leading strategic growth and business development for North America. He was previously an executive vice president at Arc Worldwide. In his new role, Jones will lead MERGE’s organic growth initiatives and will play an integral part in establishing best practices for direct client communication. “Nick’s experience in commerce is unmatched in the industry. He has been a visionary about the future of retail and the innovative use of technology both online and on-premise,” says MERGE chief executive officer Patrick Venetucci.
Andreessen Horowitz has named Anne Neuberger partner and head of global affairs at the venture capital giant.
Cyabra, which helps governments and enterprises detect coordinated manipulation and protect digital trust, hires David Low as CMO... Option Care Health names Robert Okunski VP, investor relations... Locala, an AI-powered Adaptive Marketing platform, tabs Grant Gudgel to lead marketing.
FTI Consulting has recruited Liz Lynch for its corporate reputation practice within the $378M strategic communications segment.
H/Advisors, which recently rebranded from H/Advisors Abernathy as part of a global rebrand at its parent company, Havas, names Carina Davidson as CEO of the firm in the U.S... Method Communications appoints Meghan Gardner as EVP, helping to lead the agency's work with enterprise technology companies... Moburst, a mobile-first digital marketing agency, hires Melissa Gruhin as VP of creative.
Pope Leo XIV appoints ETWN News president and chief operating officer Maria Montserrat Alvarado as Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, effective Nov. 1.
