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| Elizabeth-Burton Jones |
Seven Letter brings on Elizabeth-Burton Jones as a director in its Washington, D.C. office. Jones most recently served as press secretary for Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH). She previously held a variety of roles for Republican members of Congress from Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Oklahoma, and has been an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and The George Washington University. The agency has also hired Zeina Muhtadi as a content specialist to strengthen its in-house design team. “Elizabeth-Burton and Zeina are both incredibly smart communicators with the skill and experience to help our clients not just tell their stories, but bring them to life,” said Seven Letter founding partner Trevor Francis.
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| Mike Spahn |
Precision Strategies promotes Mike Spahn from managing director to partner. He will be the first non-founder to serve as a partner at the firm. Before joining Precision in 2019, Spahn was chief of staff to Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). At Precision, he’s provided strategic counsel to several Fortune 50 companies, causes, and political candidates navigating complex issues, and has expanded the agency’s work to national public affairs campaigns. The agency has also promoted Erin Lindsay and Deirdre Murphy Ramsey to managing directors in Digital and Communications respectively.
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| David Reich-Hale |
Northwell Health, New York's largest health system, hires David Reich-Hale as senior advisor, public relations, overseeing the company’s thought leadership efforts. Reich-Hale will start in the position on July 14. He comes to Northwell from Newsday, where he was a business reporter. He was previously associate editorial director for Patch.com and the editor of Long Island Business News. At Northwell, Reich-Hale will work to drive content and messaging around causes and issues important to the health system and its executives.
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.
