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Kivvit has bolstered its executive ranks with the addition of four managing directors as the strategic communications and PA shop celebrates its 20th anniversary year.
Arielle Goren, who had been running Juno Strategies, launched campaigns for San Francisco and Oakland’s COVID-19 emergency relief programs and highlighted the technical process used to preserve the stories of Holocaust survivors. She began her career as an aide to New York Senator Chuck Schumer.
Terri Sanders was chief marketing and communications officer for the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society. Earlier, she worked in branding and communications at The Chartis Group and AIM Specialty Health.
Jalisa Washington-Price joined Kivvit from iHeartMedia, where she was VP, political & advocacy. Washington-Price is a veteran Democratic operative, serving as senior political advisor to VP candidate Kamala Harris, diversity director at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and regional political director at Hillary for America.
Aaron Mays ran Mays Media Group and worked for Chicago startups in the tech and food spaces. He also held communications posts at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of management, The Axis Agency and Rise Interactive.
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. 
Jeffrey Rosen, senior chair of the corporate department at legal firm Debevoise & Plimpton, joins FGS Global, where he will serve as senior advisor.
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. 
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.
