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| Sherise Bright |
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, names Sherise Bright senior vice president of communications and marketing. Bright most recently served as chief communications officer at Lambda Legal, where she built and led a team that rebranded the organization, redesigned its website and increased major media placements. At HRC, Bright will oversee the organization’s communications and marketing efforts aimed at highlighting its ongoing work. “Sherise brings a wealth of experience from the worlds of LGBTQ+ advocacy, education, law, impact litigation, public policy and entertainment,” said Human Rights Campaign interim president Joni Madison.
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| Brooke Weller |
REQ hires Brooke Weller as senior vice president of media. Weller joins the agency from Neil Patel Digital, where she was vice president of paid media. She was previously senior director, paid search at iProspect. Earlier in her career, Weller spent five years building the search team at Adobe Systems. At REQ, she will lead the newly integrated digital media team, working to drive client performance forward through strategic business recommendations, concrete activation planning and data-driven optimizations. “Brooke brings tremendous qualifications and leadership experience,” said REQ CEO and founder Tripp Donnelly.
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| Diane Russell |
The Judge Group, a professional services firm with offices in the US, Canada and India brings on Diane Russell as senior vice president of marketing. Russell comes to the firm from Lincoln Financial Group, where she most recently served as senior vp of marketing and customer strategy. She was previously vp, product development and management at CIGNA. In her new role, Russell will lead Judge’s global marketing and communications efforts and shape the firm’s marketing strategy. “Diane has great energy, high standards and brings a new level of marketing sophistication that will advance our journey to make the Judge brand even stronger as a global managed services firm,” said The Judge Group president Brian Anderson.
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.
