 |
| Lisa Dini |
Current Global promotes Lisa Dini to executive vice president, global consumer lead. Dini has been with the agency since 2007, expanding her responsibilities over the years to include piloting work across multiple brands for The Clorox Company, managing the San Francisco office, and driving best practices across the agency’s client experience talent community. Dini is now responsible for facilitating consumer best practices globally while growing the firm’s talent, clients, and agency reputation in the marketplace. “She is adept at building a client-centric culture, accelerating the adoption of multi-discipline communications solutions, and collaborating across our talent communities to develop innovative, award-winning work that solves business challenges,” said Current Global CEO Virginia Devlin.
 |
| Maureen Cahill, Bridget Nelson Monroe |
Bellmont Partners adds Maureen Cahill and Bridget Nelson Monroe as partners. Cahill has been collaborating with the agency since 2008 and has spent the last year working as a contractor on numerous client projects. A former assignment manager at Twin Cities ABC affiliate KSTP-TV, she has also been director of PR at the Mall of America and co-founder of PR firm McFarland Cahill. “Her deep PR experience and top-notch local and national media relations expertise significantly strengthens the value we’re providing to our client,” said Bellmont Partner COO Jen Bellmont. Monroe has been with the agency since 2011 and was named vice president in 2015. She is also the leader of Bellmont’s nonprofit practice group.
 |
| Alia Hassan |
Blue State brings on Alia Hassan as executive VP. Hassan rejoins the firm from SecondMuse, where she was global head of operations & people systems. Before that, she was at Blue State for a decade. In her new post, Hassan will work to optimize the agency’s offerings and delivery methodology. She also joins Blue State’s executive team, which has been restructured to more accurately represent the people who make up the agency and the clients they serve. Blue State has also hired Eric Reif as senior vice president of paid media. He was most recently managing director at eStreet Group, and before that, he oversaw paid media on the Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign.
 |
| Nicole Landau |
LevLane Advertising, a Philadelphia-based advertising and marketing agency, hires Nicole Landau as chief marketing officer. Landau most recently served as CFO at Seven C’s Hospitality Solutions. She previously was previously vice president of finance at DiD Agency and has held executive posts at Digitas Health and Arthur Andersen. In her new position, Landau will oversee all agency financial functions and serve as a key member of the executive team. “Nicole’s background in financial leadership and operations was a perfect fit for us,” said LevLane SVP brand engagement Josh Lev. LevLane has also hired Adam Heagy as chief talent officer. Heagy was previously president of Interactive Recruiting Consultants, where he led all recruiting and talent efforts.
maslansky + partners, a specialist consultancy within Omnicom Public Relations, names founding partner Keith Yazmir president of the firm... The National Football League Players Association names Matt Taylor chief communications officer, effective Sept. 8... Repay Holdings Corporation, a provider of bill payment solutions, appoints Charles Nabhan as head of investor relations.
Bospar hires veteran technology, cybersecurity and healthcare sector journalist and content creator Doug Olenick as tech and healthcare content director... The Huntington National Bank appoints Ameesh Vakharia as EVP and chief marketing and digital products officer, a newly created role... SDA International, a Honolulu-based strategic communications firm, promotes Cassie Kim to SVP. 
Burson Brussels chief client officer Ruud Wassen has moved to Consello to open its outpost in the headquarters city of NATO and the European Union.
Reputation Advisors International adds Newick Consulting founder Peter Thomas as its newest member. Based in Abu Dhabi, Thomas has more than 35 years of experience advising major global clients on reputation issues... TruePoint appoints April Steinbach, who has held senior creative posts at BBDO and McCann Worldgroup, as creative director....Athene, a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management that focuses on retirement solutions, names Brett Gibson EVP and head of investor relations. Gibson comes to Athene from JP Morgan Securities.
Stellantis names Stephanie Hartgrove chief communications officer. Hartgrove joins Stellantis from Johnson & Johnson, where she was global vice president of MedTech communications and public affairs... FINN Partners appoints Kim Sizemore as head of integrated media. Sizemore joins FINN from Wieden+Kennedy... Lucid Group, which makes software-defined vehicles and technologies, names Angela Zepeda as Vice President, Global Marketing. Zepeda was most recently global head of marketing at Elon Musk's xAI. 
