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| Christine Esteve |
Amerant Bancorp hires Christine Esteve as executive VP and CMO. Esteve comes to Amerant from Carnival Cruise Line, where she served as VP of performance marketing. In her 28 years at Carnival, she managed initiatives in brand management, advertising, media, customer marketing and eCommerce. In her new position, Esteve will oversee Amerant's brand and media strategy, customer research, advertising, local market delivery and agency management. “Christine's diverse skill set, proven leadership and results-driven approach are exactly what we wanted for the role of CMO at Amerant," said CEO and vice chairman Jerry Plush.
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| Holly Weinzapfel |
ResourceOne, a Moore company, names Holly Weinzapfel vice president. Weinzapfel has been with the agency since 2002, most recently serving as director, strategy and analytics. Prior to joining ResourceOne, Weinzapfel worked for Gannett Direct Marketing in Louisville, and was an account executive for Haynes & Partners. In her new role, her responsibilities will be expanded to include account management of enterprise accounts, strategic planning and business development. “Holly excels at providing strategic insights and analytical direct response marketing for her clients through collaboration and creative solutions,” said ResourceOne president Jeff Pelcher.
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| Agnes Stevens |
RLF Communications appoints Agnes Stevens vice president, client strategy and service. In addition to operating Stevens Public Relations for the past 15 years, Stevens has managed communications and served as chief of staff for the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. She previously served as vice president of corporate communications at First Union (now Wells Fargo) and as an account director at Capstrat (now Ketchum). At RLF, Stevens will develop and lead comprehensive public relations campaigns for clients based throughout the United States. “Her extensive multi-channel expertise and passion for strategy will be assets for our clients and our team,” said RLF president and CEO Monty Hagler.
HUNTER promotes Gigi García Russo to president and Michael Lamp to chief digital & transformation officer.... Cars.com Inc. a car-shopping marketplace, names Sarah Kettler CMO, effective June 15...The Trade Desk, an advertising tech company, appoints Sarah Gavin as CMO and EVP.
Brittany Sullivan, who held the senior VP-executive director of marketing post at Golin, has moved to Burson.
Codeword brings on Melody Brue and Jess Graham as part of a push to bolster its capabilities in market intelligence and commercial strategy... Havas Edge, which specializes in data-driven media, creative and customer acquisition strategies, for health, tech, consumer, retail and financial brands, promotes Pam Caputo to EVP, health media... Rezolve Ai, the London-based developer of Brain Suite, an enterprise AI platform purpose-built for agentic commerce, appoints Michele Fisher as CMO.
Jamie Dowd, who was most recently president of the health practice in the Americas at Weber Shandwick, comes on board at Allison Worldwide as global president, health + wellness, effective June 22.
Burson is bringing on Hanover managing director, Middle East Jonty Summers as head of corporate affairs in Dubai at the end of June... Ridgepost Capital, which had over $45 billion in assets under management as of March 31, names Brian McKenna VP, investor relations, effective June 15... The Center for AI Safety appoints Rochelle Nadhiri as head of public engagement. 
