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| Katherine Nicol |
Hager Sharp appoints Katherine Nicol to lead its health practice as executive vice president. Nicol was previously a senior vice president at the firm. She has led numerous health client engagements and national campaigns, and has contributed strategic counsel and communications leadership to efforts around health topics including ALS, cancer, cardiovascular disease and chronic lung disease. “Katherine has led with integrity and conviction, and her success with the company reflects her client and team leadership, her many achievements leading public health campaigns on many of the most challenging public health issues of the past two decades, and her commitment to our founder’s legacy of communications for the public good,” said Hager Sharp president and CEO Jennifer Wayman.
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| Shaina Tavares |
Dukas Linden Public Relations promotes Shaina Tavares to senior vice president. Tavares joined DLPR in 2016 as an account supervisor and most recently served as vice president. She manages and services some of DLPR’s largest clients, including Cathie Wood’s ARK-Invest, and has been instrumental in the agency’s growth. Before coming to DLPR, Tavares was an account supervisor at Edelman, and she previously served as an account coordinator at Schneider Associates.
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| Marc Paulenich |
Hart, which has offices in Toledo and Columbus, OH, promotes Marc Paulenich to president. Paulenich previously served as chief operating officer and senior vice president of strategy. He succeeds Mike Hart, who has been Hart’s president and CEO since 1993. Hart will continue to serve as CEO of the agency. As president, Paulenich will lead growth and advancement of service offerings that mirror a new agency vision and prioritize data-driven marketing, integrated marketing and creative excellence. “Since his first day at Hart in 2002, Marc has had an unrelenting focus on strategy, consumer insights and analytics, as well as the utmost dedication to our clients,” said Hart.
Ruder Finn hires Brent Mullins as SVP, talent and partnerships. Mullins joins the agency from 160over90, where he was VP, entertainment marketing... Allison Worldwide names Katie Huang Shin global president, technology, effective Nov. 14... Vasion, which provides serverless printing and AI-enabled automation, appoints Cindy White as CMO. 
Mod Op brings on John Powers and Alan Kipust as part of its Executive in Residence program, which already includes former Dun & Bradstreet chief data officer Monica Richter... Takeda Pharmaceuticals hires James-Denton Wyllie as head of R&D and external innovation communications... Veeam Software, which specializes in data resilience solutions, appoints Allison Cerra as CMO.
The Dallas Mavericks bring on Gina Miller as chief communications officer, a newly created role. She was previously with Major League Soccer team FC Dallas... Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit organization that advances arts advocacy, names Jamey Lundblad as CMO... Ambac Financial Group, an insurance holding company, names Karen Beyer managing director, head of investor relations.
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.
