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| Morgan Gress Johnson |
Brunswick Group’s Morgan Gress Johnson has joined Invariant to advise clients on reputation and brand positioning matters.
At Brunswick, Johnson had crisis communications, reputation and public affairs duties for a range of technology, telecommunications and media companies. She also served as chief of staff for the DC office, supporting business development and marketing efforts.
Earlier, she was senior VP for communications and marketing for Union, a software platform; founding member of 1776 incubator and venture fund; and staffer at NJI Media, managing digital campaigns for advocacy and corporate issues.
Invariant CEO Heather Podesta said Johnson’s “entrepreneurial approach to problem solving and strong ties in technology and regulated markets will help us continue to deliver strong results for our clients.”
Actum has hired Cecelia Prewett, who was president of DC Public Affairs at SKDK during a nearly 13-year run, as senior managing director in its Washington office.
Franz Paasche, who was most recently EVP for public affairs and communications at Columbia University, will join Verizon as EVP, corporate affairs, effective Nov. 10.
Horizon Family Brands, which includes Horizon Organic and Wallaby Organic yogurt, hires Andrew Springate as CMO... Wake Tech, a Raleigh, NC community college that serves over 70000 adults annually, brings on Lisa Marie Ferrell, who previously led North America communications at Lenovo, as VP of communications and marketing... Golin brings on executive creative director Meg Farquhar in Chicago, and EVPs of strategy Tom Howells (Western Region) and Martin Coomber (New York).
Hotwire Global appoints Burson global chief digital & intelligence officer Grant Toups as global CEO, effective in January.
Bader Rutter, which works with clients in the agriculture, food, beverage and pet care sectors, appoints Demar Anderson as CMO... Acceleration Community of Companies appoints Michael Moschella to lead its new insights division, ACC Intelligence... Luminate, a London-based shop focused on infrastructure and energy sectors, hires Osman Dervish as director—head of development... The Alpine Group promotes Alison Graab to principal from SVP.
