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| LaWanda Toney |
President Biden nominates National Parent Teacher Association director of strategic communications LaWanda Toney to serve as assistant secretary for the Department of Education’s office of communications and outreach. Toney has been with the National PTA for over 12 years, managing the organization’s communications team in the areas of web, social media, editorial, creative development and media relations. She previously managed marketing programs, planned special events and created communications campaigns for retailers, nonprofits, publishing, and advertising companies.
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| Casey Ramage |
Churchill Downs names Casey Ramage vice president of marketing and partnerships. Ramage most recently served as chief marketing officer at Champion Sports. She has also been vice president of marketing at EdjSports, and was previously at Churchill Downs as vice president, brand development and licensing. In her new role, Ramage will be responsible for establishing the brand strategy for Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby while leading the marketing and partnerships teams. “Casey brings a deep understanding of the Kentucky Derby brand and we are thrilled to welcome her back to Churchill Downs to lead these critical marketing and partnerships functions,” said Churchill Downs Racetrack president Mike Anderson. “She brings the ideal combination of experience, passion and emotional connection.”
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| Sara Varni |
Attentive hires Sara Varni as chief marketing officer. Varni joins the company from Twilio, where she spent the last four years as CMO, responsible for growing the community of developers and bringing the company into the enterprise market. Previously, she led go-to-market strategy and positioning at Salesforce for over 10 years in roles including SVP of product marketing for its leading sales platform, Sales Cloud. In her new post, Varni will head up Attentive’s strategic global marketing and communications, including brand marketing, growth and performance, partnership marketing, and product marketing.
SKDK brings on CR Wooters, who was most recently senior director and head of federal affairs at Uber, as a principal in the agency’s public affairs practice.
ICR adds Donna F. Anderson to its governance & shareholder advisory practice as senior advisor. She comes to ICR from T. Rowe Price... Troutman Strategies, a government affairs firm that is a subsidiary of legal firm Troutman Pepper Locke, promotes Neftali Partida and Tom Tilton to principal... Hancock Whitney, a Gulfport, MS-based financial services company, brings on Mary Elizabeth Stringer as director of government affairs, a newly created role.
Ballard Strategy Group names former Burson managing director Mike Waterman as MD. Waterman comes to Ballard from ROKK Solutions... The Herald Group brings on Trace Scruggs and Evan Lukaske as VPs... Travelier, which operates platforms for booking intercity transportation services via buses, trains and ferries in 124 countries, appoints Mario Gavira as CMO. 
Raffetto Herman Strategic Communications brings on Jessica Gail, who served as director of communications for Rep. Eric Swalwell, as senior media lead... Prime Therapeutics appoints Katie Payne as chief external affairs officer, a newly created role. She was previously a senior director at APCO... Thunderly promotes Jason Weaver to director of paid media. 
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. 
