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| Olga Fleming |
Marina Maher Communications names Olga Fleming as president of its healthcare and corporate businesses. Fleming was most recently CEO of Goodfuse, a boutique communications agency within the BCW Group of companies. Before that, she was an executive vice president at Cohn & Wolfe and has also held executive positions at Biosector 2 and Fleishman-Hillard. Fleming will oversee healthcare across MMC and specialist agency RXMosaic, in addition to leading MMC's corporate practice. “She is a builder of teams, companies and brands and has a long track record of fostering great client partnerships, launching award-winning campaigns and thriving agencies,” said MMC global president Rema Vasan. MMC has also appointed Courtney Walker as managing director to lead its RXMosaic healthcare agency and spearhead healthcare new business. Walker was previously managing director of Goodfuse.
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| Kathleen Kennedy Manzo |
Hager Sharp recruits Kathleen Kennedy Manzo as executive vice president to lead its education, labor and economy practice. Manzo joins the agency from Widmeyer/Finn Partners, where she was a senior partner, working with the firm’s nonprofit and corporate clients in the education space. She was previously managing editor at Education Week and has also served as director, education policy and outreach at The Hatcher Group. “Kathleen is a dynamic, strategic, and personable leader with a passion for Hager Sharp’s mission of doing good work for clients who do good,” said Jennifer Wayman, Hager Sharp’s president and CEO Jennifer Wayman.
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| Laura Burke |
Santander Holdings USA, Inc. appoints Laura Burke as Santander US chief communications officer. Burke comes to Santander from Prudential Financial, where she served as head of corporate brand & communications and chief operating officer, Communications. She was previously an executive vice president at Edelman and held leadership roles at FTI Consulting and Hill & Knowlton. In her new role, Burke is responsible for all executive and corporate communications, crisis and issues management, employee communications, brand communications, public relations, and social media strategies for the portfolio of Santander US businesses. “Her financial services knowledge, broad communications experience and strategic storytelling ability will help us to shape our narrative and to deepen relationships with our stakeholders,” said Santander Bank, N.A. chief marketing officer Jennifer Mathissen.
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| Linda Libo-on, Kris Patel |
MP&F Strategic Communications hires Linda Libo-on as accounts receivable & billing manager and Kris Patel as Network Director. Libo-on, who has more than two decades of accounting experience in the shipping, insurance and banking industries, will focus on using digital documentation to provide support to MP&F’s client roster. Patel, whose experience ranges across industries and includes work in third-party support and in-house IT roles, was previously a system administrator at Acure Software. “Each brings new skill sets to MP&F that will maximize the quality and efficiency of critical administration functions, allowing our account team members to focus on providing top-notch service our clients,” said MP&F partner Jennifer Brantley.
Steve Rice, who served as director of political mobilization for Boeing, joins DC-based bipartisan public affairs and strategic communications firm The Herald Group as SVP, overseeing its grasstops and 50-state field operations. 
Qorvis has named Victor Shiblie senior advisor to boost its international network and global business opportunities.
Pierre DuBois has taken the VP-public affairs post at AIB Data Centers, developer of the digital infrastructure for AI hosting and high-performance computing workloads.
Allison Worldwide names Victoria Brophy EVP, head of corporate and technology in Europe. Brophy comes to the firm from Golin Ketchum London, where as EVP she built and led the London Corporate Affairs practice... 
Signal Group, a DC-based public affairs firm, hires Josie Feron as director. Feron was most recently communications director for the Office of Congresswoman Deborah Ross (D-NC)... Moburst, a mobile-first digital agency driven by a proprietary AI program, appoints Etgar Shpivak as VP of marketing... Howard University hires Jasmine Gurley as senior director of public relations in the Office of University Communications.
