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| Diana Farina |
Marina Maher Communications brings on Diana Farina as group senior vice president, client excellence, a newly created role. Farina joins MMC from WPP, where she was a core team lead on its Pfizer business. She previously held positions at Evoke and Digitas Health. At MMC, Farina will focus on creating ways to service strategic client relationships, advancing integrated workflow across the agency and ensuring a seamless experience for clients across geographies and disciplines. "Her appetite for excellence and strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills are exactly what we're seeing clients are seeking," said MMC managing director, business strategist Ivette Sanz Osso.
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| Anne Baker |
Inkhouse promotes Anne Baker to executive vice president and assistant general manager in California. Baker became the agency's first West Coast team member in early 2014, and most recently served as a senior vice president. She was previously an account executive with Solomon McCown and worked on the city desk at the Boston Globe. In her new post, she will help oversee Inkhouse's operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento as well as Southern California, including Los Angeles and San Diego, while spearheading the healthcare and wellness practice. Inkhouse president Jason Morris said Baker "inspires great work from teams, cares so much about our clients and has been one of the major contributors to our success on the West Coast."
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| Karene Tropen |
ChowNow, which provides online ordering and marketing for independent restaurants, names Karene Tropen chief marketing officer. Tropen joins the company from online publishing platform Medium, where she was senior vice president of marketing and content. Before that, she served as senior director of marketing at Disney+ and also held executive marketing posts at NBCUniversal and Netflix. In her new post, Tropen will lead ChowNow's brand, design, growth, product marketing and communications teams. "Karene's experience with elevating both a brand and the independent storytellers that bring that brand to life aligns perfectly with our marketing goals," said ChowNow co-founder and CEO Chris Webb.
Mod Op brings on John Powers and Alan Kipust as part of its Executive in Residence program, which already includes former Dun & Bradstreet chief data officer Monica Richter... Takeda Pharmaceuticals hires James-Denton Wyllie as head of R&D and external innovation communications... Veeam Software, which specializes in data resilience solutions, appoints Allison Cerra as CMO.
The Dallas Mavericks bring on Gina Miller as chief communications officer, a newly created role. She was previously with Major League Soccer team FC Dallas... Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit organization that advances arts advocacy, names Jamey Lundblad as CMO... Ambac Financial Group, an insurance holding company, names Karen Beyer managing director, head of investor relations.
Actum has hired Cecelia Prewett, who was president of DC Public Affairs at SKDK during a nearly 13-year run, as senior managing director in its Washington office.
Franz Paasche, who was most recently EVP for public affairs and communications at Columbia University, will join Verizon as EVP, corporate affairs, effective Nov. 10.
Horizon Family Brands, which includes Horizon Organic and Wallaby Organic yogurt, hires Andrew Springate as CMO... Wake Tech, a Raleigh, NC community college that serves over 70,000 adults annually, brings on Lisa Marie Ferrell, who previously led North America communications at Lenovo, as VP of communications and marketing... Golin brings on executive creative director Meg Farquhar in Chicago, and EVPs of strategy Tom Howells (Western Region) and Martin Coomber (New York).
