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| Dave Parro, Mark Miller |
Walker Sands promotes Dave Parro to chief operating officer and Mark Miller to chief financial officer. Parro has been with the agency since 2012, most recently serving as executive vp, operations. He established the company’s client services department in 2019 and developed its first large-scale integrated marketing programs. As COO, Parro will lead the agency’s operations, IT, client services, sales and marketing teams. Miller was previously senior vp, finance. Before coming to Walker Sands in 2018, he was director, finance and operations at HBR Consulting. “Walker Sands is more sophisticated than ever and both Dave and Mark have had a huge hand in that,” said CEO Mike Santoro.
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| Jenny Lewis |
Digital wedding planning company The Knot Worldwide brings on Jenny Lewis as chief marketing officer. Lewis was previously head of US & Canada Marketing at Uber. She previously worked at Undertone Advertising and Fox Networks Group (FX, National Geographic Channel, Fox Sports), where she developed co-marketing strategies with brands such as MillerCoors and Volkswagen. In her new post, Lewis will lead all marketing, insights, and editorial initiatives for The Knot Worldwide and its 19 global brands across 16 countries. "She is a highly experienced, seasoned business leader responsible for building one of the most well-known global marketplace brands: Uber," said The Knot Worldwide CEO Tim Chi, Chief Executive Officer of The Knot Worldwide. "I am confident that Jenny’s consumer-centric approach to full-funnel marketing and ability to anchor a brand’s relevancy with current and prospective consumers will drive innovation.”
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| Summer Frein |
Turning Point Brands, which manufactures, markets and distributes branded consumer products including alternative smoking accessories, hires Summer Frein as chief marketing officer. Frein was most recently general manager at Cronos Group, USA, where she designed and implemented the company’s sales and marketing strategy. Prior to joining Cronos, she held a variety of senior leadership roles at Altria Group across sales, digital and brand marketing, strategy and business development. In 2018, she led Altria’s cannabis research investment initiative. “Summer’s vast experience leading the planning, strategic development and execution for notable consumer brands will be extremely valuable,” said Turning Point Brands president and CEO Yavor Efremov.
Brunswick Group partner Christine Schirmer has joined DoorDash as VP-global external communications, a new post.
Kevin King, who served as global practice chair at Edelman Digital, has been appointed president of The Now Agency.
FINN Partners appoints Ernst Flach as partner in its global travel practice. Flach was most recently VP, destination marketing at MMGY Wagstaff... Faeth Therapeutics, an Austin, TX-based clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on improving outcomes for cancer patients, names Matt Biegler as SVP, investor relations... Public Communications Inc. promotes Matt Sobczak and Joash Mencias to VP.
Nate Gatten, executive VP at American Airlines, will join Apple on Aug. 31 as VP-government affairs.
The Ogilvy Group names WPP Open X global communications & marketing director Nicole Parkinson as global head of marketing and promotes SVP, creative communications Kappie Kopp to global head of communications... Creativ Company appoints Sarah Saul as VP of marketing and communications. Saul joins the firm from Roku... Insulet, a medical device company, adds Joan Campion, Adam Feigen and Jane Hoffman to its communications team.
