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| David Ginsberg |
Facebook parent Meta promotes David Ginsberg to vice president, head of global communications and public affairs, reporting to Nick Clegg who will now serve as Meta’s president of public affairs. The moves come as Meta reorganizes its communications and public affairs team. Ginsberg was previously vice president of product, choice and competition at the company. Before joining Facebook in 2017, he was chief strategy officer at Intel. While at Intel, he took time off to lead debate prep efforts for then-vice president Biden during the 2012 campaign. As another part of the reorganization, Tucker Bounds, currently a vice president of communications at the company, will lead the company’s global public affairs team.
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| Kristin Molinari Cohen |
Sparks & honey, Omnicom’s cultural intelligence consultancy, promotes Kristin Molinari Cohen to chief marketing officer. Cohen has been with the agency since 2017, most recently serving as senior vice president, marketing and business development. She was integral in the launch of such new practice areas as the consultancy’s diversity, equity and inclusion practice, which started up last year. Earlier in her career, Cohen was publisher of food and travel magazine Saveur, in addition to working at Condé Nast and Travel + Leisure. In her new position, she will oversee all marketing initiatives including the development of public-facing intellectual property. “Kristin will continue to be an essential part of sparks & honey’s growth, helping brands understand the business impact that always-on cultural intelligence can bring to their business,” said sparks & honey founder and CEO Terry Young.
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| Amber Hickory |
Investment advisory firm RMB Capital names Amber Hickory chief marketing officer. Hickory was previously executive director of marketing and communications for the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder. She also served as president of Unself, a technology platform connecting nonprofit organizations and volunteers and 12 years as president of Greenhouse Partners, a brand strategy and marketing firm that has worked with RMB since the firm’s 2005 inception. “Amber’s combination of deep marketing and brand knowledge and extensive executive leadership experience make her the ideal fit to serve as our CMO,” said RMB founding partner, CEO and co-chief investment officer Dick Burridge.
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.
Evan Shenkman, who has 25 years of law firm experience, is now a partner at professional services firm Baretz+Brunelle. He helped design and implement the first generative AI product for legal professionals.
Accenture brings on Emma Chalwin as CMO, effective Oct. 1. Chalwin joins Accenture from Workday, where she also served as CMO, with responsibility for building the brand and driving customer demand in markets around the world... The Vitamin Shoppe appoints Kimberley Gardiner EVP, chief marketing and growth officer. She joins from Tractor Supply Company... Fluent, a provider of commerce media solutions, names Jeanniey Walden as CMO.
maslansky + partners, a specialist consultancy within Omnicom Public Relations, names founding partner Keith Yazmir president of the firm... The National Football League Players Association names Matt Taylor chief communications officer, effective Sept. 8... Repay Holdings Corporation, a provider of bill payment solutions, appoints Charles Nabhan as head of investor relations.
Bospar hires veteran technology, cybersecurity and healthcare sector journalist and content creator Doug Olenick as tech and healthcare content director... The Huntington National Bank appoints Ameesh Vakharia as EVP and chief marketing and digital products officer, a newly created role... SDA International, a Honolulu-based strategic communications firm, promotes Cassie Kim to SVP. 
