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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.
Seven Letter hires Allie Raffa, who was most recently White House correspondent for NBC News, as a senior director... Points of Light, an organization founded by President George H.W. Bush that is dedicated to volunteer service, names Jeff Zanelli as CMO... Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company, appoints Nora Shepard as VP of communications.
Alcoa has named Emily Olson, who has more than 20 years of experience working in capital-intensive industries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, EVP & chief external affairs officer, effective April 6.
Longacre Square Partners has named Humza Vanderman partner and head of its London outpost as the financial communications firm expands into Europe.
FGS Global adds former Pfizer EVP and chief corporate affairs officer Sally Susman to its global executive board as an independent member, effective April 1... Codeword brings on Kim Baffi, who was previously Salesforce VP and creative director, as executive creative director... Amperity, an AI-powered customer data cloud, appoints Bridget Perry as CMO.
MOIA America, a Volkswagen Group of America subsidiary that develops and tests autonomous, all-electric ride-pooling vehicles, names Marcus Gamo head of U.S. communications... Continental Strategy brings on Francisco Petrirena as VP in its Miami office. Petrirena was previously chief of staff to former Miami city manager Art Noriega... MSQ Sport + Entertainment brings on Lauren Weil as EVP, Max Hirsch as VP of sponsorship, and Brooke Losee as VP.
