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| Drew O'Brien |
BCW appoints Drew O’Brien as president of its Direct Impact unit, which executes state and local strategic communications and public affairs campaigns, effective Sept. 7. O’Brien will remain BCW’s Northeast market leader. Before joining BCW in 2017, he was an executive vice president in Weber Shandwick’s corporate practice. O’Brien will be responsible for building DI’s offerings, growing its client base and overseeing talent management in partnership with Amy Cloessner, recently named DI’s chief operating officer. “Drew is a great fit to lead DI thanks to his years providing complex strategic counsel to clients and his deep experience in high-impact, highly targeted precision communications throughout his years in national, state and local politics,” said BCW global chief growth officer and president, North America Brooke Hovey.
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| Laurie Rosenfield |
Hill+Knowlton Strategies names Laurie Rosenfield global chief people officer, effective Sept. 13. Rosenfeld joins H+K from CBS Corporation, where she also held the global chief people officer position. She has also held business leadership, talent acquisition and advisory roles at MediaLink, Wolters Kluwer, TiVo, Twentieth Century Fox, and the William Morris Agency. In her new role, Rosenfield will lead H+K’s global human capital strategy across its network. “Laurie is an accomplished leader with a unique combination of experiences spanning human resources, executive search, talent strategy, P&L leadership and operational expertise,” said H+K chief executive officer AnnaMaria DeSalva.
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| Kerry Sullivan |
Dollar Shave Club hires Kerry Sullivan as chief marketing officer. Sullivan comes to the company from Johnson & Johnson’s Neutrogena, where she had been since 2003, most recently serving as general manager and vice president of marketing. She succeeds Kristin Harrer, who left Dollar Shave Club in April to take on the global CMO spot at footwear and apparen brand Vans. At Dollar Shave Club, Sullivan duties include leading global brand equity, long-range strategic planning, product development, and insights/analytics.
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| Liesl Leary-Perez |
Virtual and hybrid events platform Hubilo names Liesl Leary-Perez vice president of corporate marketing. Leary-Perez comes to Hubilo from customer experience technology and services company TTEC, where she was global head of corporate marketing. She was previously at SDL plc as global head of content marketing. Joining Leary-Perez on Hubilo’s new marketing team are senior director, global product marketing Carin Chan, who has served a product marketing manager at SurveyMonkey and IBM, and senior director of global growth and marketing operations Adam Wooley. "Hubilo is committed to fostering human connections through reimagined events,” said Hubilo senior vp of marketing Cathy Song Novelli. “With the addition of these brilliantly creative, growth-minded marketing leaders, we are fast-tracking Hubilo's ability to meet that commitment."
Edelman names United Entertainment Group CEO Jarrod Moses as vice chairman. Moses will continue in his role at UEG... Burson brings on Matthew Wagner, who was most recently global client relationship manager and energy sector lead at Edelman, as EVP and global client leader... The Key PR appoints Jodi Maroney as principal. Maroney joins the agency after a 25-year run at Access Brand Communications.
Jeffrey Rosen, senior chair of the corporate department at legal firm Debevoise & Plimpton, joins FGS Global, where he will serve as senior advisor.
HUNTER brings on Lori Ruggiero as managing director of its corporate communications practice... Covo Intelligence, an independent research and intelligence firm, names Tony Cheevers director of strategic growth... MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) hires Brian Swarth as SVP of marketing, effective July 20. 
Whit Clay, who exited the Co-CEO slot at Sloane & Co. 18 months ago to head Longacre Square Partners’ New York office, has been promoted to serve as the first CEO of the financial communication shop.
Global Strategy Group names Claudio Taratuta as an EVP of the L@B, its in-house creative and media agency. Taratuta joins GSG from Praytell, where he was a founding team member... ROKK Solutions appoints Kris Havens as EVP of intel and insights. Havens was most recently a partner at Penta Group... Cliff House Maine brings on William Courtney Lowe as chief business development and brand strategist. Lowe joins Cliff House Maine from Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod, where he was VP of marketing & business development. 
