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| Lartease Tiffith |
The Interactive Advertising Bureau hires Lartease Tiffith as executive vice president, public policy. Most recently, Tiffith served was senior manager, public policy at Amazon, where he managed issues related to advertising, privacy, security, data governance, cross-border data flows, and consumer protection issues. He also served as a senior Counsel to then-U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, and counsel to Sen. Dianne Feinstein. In his new post, Tiffith will advocate for IAB’s members and lead the IAB Public Policy Council, the marketing and media industry’s largest legislative and regulatory advisory group. “With his Capitol Hill and private sector expertise, Lartease will help advance IAB’s goal of keeping digital marketing and media free, open, and safe,” said IAB chief executive officer David Cohen.
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| Jessicah Pierre |
Boston mayor Michelle Wu names Jessicah Pierre chief communications officer, effective Jan. 3. Pierre was the press secretary for Wu’s 2021 mayoral campaign. She has also run her own agency and was director of strategic communications for the Black Economic Council of Massachsetts. Pierre will serve as lead communications director and advisor for the Wu administration. "Jessicah shares our vision of a Boston for everyone, and I’m so excited to see her leadership in helping each of our city departments meet residents where they are with creative, transparent, and proactive communications," said Wu.
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| Danielle Remis Hackel |
Cambridge Bancorp, parent of Cambridge Trust Company, appoints Danielle Remis Hackel as chief marketing officer. Remis Hackel joins the company from HarbourVest Partners, where she was co-head of marketing. She has also served as a managing director at State Street Global Advisors. At Cambridge, Remis Hackel will direct marketing efforts, with a focus on digital, public relations, thought leadership, branding, advertising and campaigns designed to deepen relationships with private banking, lending and wealth management clients.
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. 
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.
Eitan Bencuya, who has more than 20 years of technology PR experience, has signed on with Brunswick Group as a partner in its San Francisco office.
DGA Group has lined up the former US ambassadors to Qatar and Saudi Arabia as senior advisors to help clients navigate that politically complex region.
Narrative Strategies names Adam Silverstein as managing director in New York. Silverstein was most recently head of media relations & thought leadership at Scient Public Relations... Mission North brings on Alex Hunter as EVP of health and innovation... Baird & Warner, a family-owned independent real estate services company that serves the Chicago area, appoints Jeanette Cutler as CMO.
