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| Maureen Byrne |
Evoke KYNE promotes Maureen Byrne to president. Byrne will take over global leadership responsibilities from David Kyne, who will now oversee development of Evoke’s global communications offering. Byrne, who has been with the firm since 2015, was previously a partner. Before joining Evoke KYNE, she was senior director of global oncology public relations at Novartis. “Having worked alongside Maureen for many years, I know she’ll not only continue to deliver for clients and our people but will take the agency to even greater heights,” said Kyne.
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| Michael Fabiani |
MTV Entertainment ups Michael Fabiani to senior VP of communications. Fabiani previously served as vice president of communications, serving a key role in securing monumental wins and nominations for the group. Prior to joining MTV in 2011 as a senior publicist, Fabiani served as a publicist at Fox. In his new role, he will assume responsibilities for scripted series from Taylor Sheridan, including the forthcoming “Lioness,” “Tulsa King” and “American Tragedies: Waco – The Trials.” “His passion for our content, deep media ties and team-first mentality is a testament to his strong work ethic,” Liza Burnett Fefferman, EVP and head of communications at Paramount Media Networks and MTV Entertainment Studios.
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| Patrick Molloy |
VectivBio appoints Patrick Malloy as SVP, investor relations and strategic communications. Malloy was most recently VP of investor relations and corporate communications at Arena Pharmaceuticals, which was recently acquired by Pfizer. He previously held several commercial and corporate strategic leadership roles at Actelion Pharmaceuticals. “Pat has a broad range of experience in not only investor relations, but also commercial and strategic leadership in the biotech and rare disease spaces,” said VectivBio founder and CEO Luca Santarelli, M.D.
Inizio Evoke names Stephanie DeViteri president, North America... Dentons Global Advisors-Albright Stonebridge Group brings on Joerg (Jörg) Wuttke as a partner, based in its DC office... Golin appoints Rowena Bergman as EVP, head of data & analytics for its U.S. healthcare practice, Golin Health... Raptor PR, a specialist tech PR agency for the global video games industry, brings on James Law as PR director.
StreetCred Communications brings on Rob Farmer, a veteran of The Rudin Group and Charles Schwab... Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies adds Jessica Monahan to its Washington D.C.-based lobbying team as a senior principal... Edcetera, a provider of career education programs that is backed by Eden Capital, appoints Jim Gallagher as CMO.
Derris promotes Lisa Frank, who founded the brand consultancy along with Jesse Derris in 2013, to CEO... PAN Communication
Aaron Guiterman will rejoin Edelman’s government and PA unit as head of US public affairs on April 29.
Meyocks, a branding and marketing agency, hires Marcie Garcia to lead its strategy function... Erich and Kallman, the ad agency co-founded by Steven Erich and Eric Kallman, appoints Stephen Larkin as its first CMO... Allied Global Marketing, which has 24 offices across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, names Nicola Gold as business director APAC, brand experience.
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