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| Brooke Hovey |
BCW promotes Brooke Hovey as global president. Hovey previously served as BCW’s interim President of North America, as well as global chief growth officer. In her new position, she will report to BCW’s global CEO, Donna Imperato, and work with teams across all regions to further develop, operationalize and scale the agency’s core services. “Brooke’s achievements in running practices, offices and, most recently, our largest region, have paved the way for her to continue to partner with me at the highest level,” said Imperato.
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| Marie De Varenne |
FINN Partners named Maria De Varenne, who was executive editor of the Tennessean from 2011 until 2021, senior partner. During her tenure at the Tennessean, De Varenne oversaw a multi-media newsroom with a staff of more than 100 in seven offices in Middle Tennessee. She previously served in positions including editor and VP of News at the Press-Enterprise (Southern California) and assistant managing editor at the San Bernardino County Sun (California). In her new post, De Varenne will be responsible for overseeing earned media strategy and content across print and digital channels for the company’s clients throughout the Southeast. “We know Maria’s talents and perspective will be invaluable in helping us navigate a rapidly changing media marketplace on behalf of those we represent,” said FINN Partners managing partner southeast Beth S. Courtney.
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| Doug Zanger |
Salient MG brings on former Martin Agency director Doug Zanger as SVP of brand, creative and content. Zanger has also served as an editor at Adweek and The Drum. At Salient MG, he is tasked with leading SMG's industry/content professionals as the firm positions itself to grow its content and creative practice. "Zanger brings almost 30 years of global brand thought leadership and storytelling experience to SMG. This helps our clients lean into their visions and position themselves as their industry's leaders," said SMG founder/CEO Mack McKelvey.
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| Nina Prybula |
CG Life, which works with life science and healthcare clients, hires Nina Prybula as vice president of client services. Prybula most recently served as vp of client services at MERGE, and she has also held senior roles at The Sandbox Agency, InTouch Solutions, and AbelsonTaylor. In her new position, Prybula’s primary responsibilities will be to drive integrated marketing and brand strategies for CG Life’s clients, strengthen agency teams through leadership and mentoring, and innovate new ways to help its clients reach their business objectives. “Nina’s record of tireless commitment and proven success in pharmaceutical marketing speaks for itself,” said CG Life managing partner Erik Clausen.
HUNTER promotes Gigi García Russo to president and Michael Lamp to chief digital & transformation officer.... Cars.com Inc. a car-shopping marketplace, names Sarah Kettler CMO, effective June 15...The Trade Desk, an advertising tech company, appoints Sarah Gavin as CMO and EVP.
Brittany Sullivan, who held the senior VP-executive director of marketing post at Golin, has moved to Burson.
Codeword brings on Melody Brue and Jess Graham as part of a push to bolster its capabilities in market intelligence and commercial strategy... Havas Edge, which specializes in data-driven media, creative and customer acquisition strategies, for health, tech, consumer, retail and financial brands, promotes Pam Caputo to EVP, health media... Rezolve Ai, the London-based developer of Brain Suite, an enterprise AI platform purpose-built for agentic commerce, appoints Michele Fisher as CMO.
Jamie Dowd, who was most recently president of the health practice in the Americas at Weber Shandwick, comes on board at Allison Worldwide as global president, health + wellness, effective June 22.
Burson is bringing on Hanover managing director, Middle East Jonty Summers as head of corporate affairs in Dubai at the end of June... Ridgepost Capital, which had over $45 billion in assets under management as of March 31, names Brian McKenna VP, investor relations, effective June 15... The Center for AI Safety appoints Rochelle Nadhiri as head of public engagement. 
