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| Sandra Alcala |
Subject Matter adds Capitol Hill veteran Sandra Alcala to its government relations team. Alcala most recently served as chief of staff to Congressman Filemon Vela (D-TX). She was previously director of member services for the House Democratic Caucus and its chairman, Hakeem Jeffries. Before that, Alcala served as policy director for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. “Sandra’s rich policy credentials and expertise in consensus building make her an invaluable hire,” said Subject Matter partner Steve Elmendorf, “Her blend of Member office, Congressional Caucus, federal agency, and private sector experience will greatly enhance our team’s ability to deliver on our client’s needs.”
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| Nate Skinner |
Onfido, an identity verification and authentication provider, appoints Nate Skinner, chief marketing officer. Skinner joins Onfido from Oracle, where he was senior vice president of global marketing for its advertising and customer experience business. He also held senior roles at Amazon Web Services, Salesforce and Borland. “His broad range of experience, from sales engineering, product marketing, competitive intelligence, and demand gen across the world’s largest enterprise SaaS companies, will be invaluable to Onfido as we continue to scale and grow our technology into new markets,” said Onfido chief executive officer Mike Tuchen.
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Bill.com, which produces cloud-based software that automates back-office financial processes for businesses, names Sarah Acton chief marketing officer. Acton joins Bill.com from wearables company Athos, where she was vice president of sales and marketing. Her previous positions include senior director, brand marketing at LinkedIn and senior director, consumer marketing at Yahoo!. Reporting to Bill.com CEO and founder René Lacerte, Acton will be a member of the company’s executive leadership team. “Sarah brings a wealth of marketing experience to Bill.com from building leading global brands across both business and consumer markets,” said Lacerte.
INFINITE appoints Eric Wiedeke as head of talent, a newly created position intended to strengthen the firm’s people strategy and global growth ambitions... Anomaly promotes Kira Montgomery to executive strategy director, head of communications strategy, expanding her remit from the agency’s Toronto office to its full North American business... The Jackson Laboratory, which focuses on genetics and genomic medicine, appoints Steven Holstein as SVP of external affairs.
Global Counsel managing director Benedict Brogan is joining FTI Consulting as a senior managing director within its strategic communications segment.
Lionsgate, which brings together diversified motion picture and television production and distribution businesses, promotes Laurel Pecchia to SVP, corporate communications... Anonymous Content, a New York-based film production and management company, recruits former Showtime/MTV executive vice president Liza Burnett Fefferman as chief communications and marketing officer, a newly created position... Legacy Motor Club brings on Ryan Grab as VP, marketing and communications.
Stagwell has named Lena Petersen, a veteran of MediaLink, Starcom MediaVest and Leo Burnett, chief brand and communications officer.
Carrie Healey has joined the National Association of Broadcasters as VP communications. Most recently, she was program lead at Purple Strategies.
