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| Rebecca Glover |
Brunswick Group’s Rebecca Glover will take the communications director and deputy chief of staff slot for incoming Virginia Republican governor Glenn Youngkin.
He will succeed Ralph Northam on Jan. 15.
Glover was director of PA at the Commerce Dept. during the Trump administration.
She handled communications for the Department’s Census Bureau, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, International Trade Administration and Patent and Trademark Office.
Glover has Capitol Hill experience gained as communications director for Senate Intelligence Committee chair Richard Burr, and press secretary for House Oversight and Government Reform chairman Darryl Issa.
Prior to her government service, Glover was media strategist for the conservative Daily Caller, account director at 3 Dog Agency and IT consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Brittney Basden, who led public affairs and advocacy partnerships at the Washington Post has joined Bully Pulpit International as a managing director.
The DUX Group, a Washington, D.C.-based strategic communications firm that works with leaders in highly regulated industries, names Lauren Boland as VP... Workday, an enterprise AI platform for HR, finance and IT, names Sarah Kennedy Ellis CMO, effective Oct. 5. Kennedy Ellis joins the company from Google... Octave Specialty Group, a global specialty insurance firm, brings on Philip Stefano as managing director, head of investor relations. 
Michele Ziosi will rejoin Stellantis on Oct. 1 as chief PA officer responsible for Enlarged Europe and for the global coordination of the carmaker’s PA activities.
Inizio, which works with clients in the health and life sciences sectors, appoints Oisín Ó Gógáin as chief people officer... The Boston Beer Company names Allison Stransky CMO, effective Oct. 12. Stransky was previuosly VP and CMO at Samsung Electronics America... Newark Regional Business Partnership and its 501(c)(3) affiliate, the Renaissance Newark Foundation, bring on Kim Lewis-Collins as VP, marketing and business development, a newly created role. 
Carmichael Lynch president and manager Julie Batliner is joining Padilla as president, succeeding Matt Kuchariski. Kucharski will transition to a fractional role with the agency as an executive counselor through the end of the year.
