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| Jill Mango, Ally Norton |
SpinLab Communications appoints Jill Mango vice president of communications and names Ally Norton director of communications. Mango will lead SpinLab’s New York offices, while Norton will work out of the company’s Los Angeles headquarters. Mango most recently served as marketing director at The Ridgefield Playhouse, a non-profit venue in Ridgefield, CT. She previously held PR and marketing positions at such record labels as I.R.S. Records, Atlantic Records, Mammoth Records, RCA Records, Island Records and Wind-up Records, and has run her own firm, Mango Media. Norton comes to SpinLab from Shore Fire Media, where she was a senior account executive and opened the agency’s first Los Angeles office. “The addition of these two seasoned publicists to our team means that SpinLab now has a deep bench of executive talent on both coasts,” said SpinLab Communications CEO John Vlautin.
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| August Anderson |
BizCom Associates promotes August Anderson to vice president. Anderson has been with the agency since 2018, most recently serving as an account supervisor. In her new role, she will manage account service teams that oversee the creation and execution of PR and digital marketing communications programs for clients including Neighborly, Little Caesars, Edible, Intelivideo, Getaround and asTech. “She has earned the trust and confidence of our incredible clients, the professional respect of her peers and the loyalty of employees she mentors,” said BizCom co-founder and president Monica Feid.
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| Jennifer Diamond Haber |
PM Hotel Group promotes Jennifer Diamond Haber to senior vice president, brand and communications, a newly expanded role. Diamond Haber has been with the company since 2018, previously serving as vice president, communications. Before that, she was vice president, communications and marketing, at event production company Hargrove and vice president/managing director at MSLGROUP. In her new role, Diamond Haber continues to lead communications and will add her brand development and management expertise to the senior leadership team. “Jennifer’s combination of creativity, communications savvy, and analytical thinking are already positioning the company for successful innovation,” said PM Hotel Group president and CEO Joseph Bojanowski.
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.
