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| Steven Weiss |
Rubenstein Public Relations has named Steven Weiss executive VP and group head of corporate communications. Weiss joins the agency from MWW, where he had served as a VP since 2018, leading clients across the healthcare, technology, energy and transportation industries. He previously held senior marketing posts at several major healthcare organizations. In his new position, Weiss is responsible for providing strategic oversight to RPR's B2B, finance, technology, and healthcare clients, as well as developing and guiding the overall agency business strategy and performance, employee retention, and talent acquisition and operations. "Steven's talents add tremendous value to the breadth and scope of our organization," said RPR president Richard Rubenstein.
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| Tori Poole |
Inkhouse appoints Tori Poole as the agency's vice president of diversity equity & inclusion, a newly created role. Before coming to Inkhouse last year, Poole was a vice president at Reed Public Relations, and she has also worked at Matter, Nuance Communications and Schneider Associates. In her new role, Poole's focus is to build equity and inclusion internally, as well as providing the agency's clients with best practices for multicultural communications. "Tori's ability to bring clarity, fairness and compassion to difficult situations is one of her superpowers. I've been able to witness it with Inkhouse employees and clients alike. She finds what's possible, knows how to build consensus, and has grace for when people make honest mistakes," said Inkhouse CEO and founder Beth Monaghan.
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| Jennifer Hawkins |
FINN Partners appoints Jennifer Hawkins as New York travel practice leader and managing partner. Hawkins joined FINN as managing partner, luxury travel, when her firm Hawkins International PR and affiliate agency Maverick Creative were acquired by the agency in November 2021. In her new position, she is responsible for leading FINN's 60-person team of integrated marketing and travel communications pros across the continental US. "As NY Travel Practice Leader, Jennifer brings decades of travel expertise, along with a modern approach steeped in culture, creativity and integrated comms," said FINN Partners CEO and founding partner Peter Finn. Her remit is to mobilize FINN's teams, knowledge and resources to take our national Travel Practice to the next level."
Unlock Health names Greg Walsh CEO. He joins the agency from Havas Media Network... The US Consumer Product Safety Commission appoints Steve Roney as director of the office of communications... Madison Capital Group, a Charlotte real estate investment and operating company, brings on Lacy Bradford as CMO.
Jim O’Leary, Weber Shandwick global president and North America CEO, has joined Penta Group, the DC corporate advisory, as CEO.
ROKK Solutions has named Amy Fox chief corporate communications officer to oversee its new corporate affairs unit.
Orchestra adds Andrew Bates and Kristen Orthman to its advisory practice. Both of them worked in the Biden administration... DeepIntent, a healthcare demand-side platform, appoints Ian Colley as CMO... Fanatics Commerce, a direct-to-consumer platform within sports apparel and fan gear company Fanatics, names Jamie Gersch CMO... Cboe Global Markets, a global markets operator and pioneer in equity derivatives, hires Julie Bauer as SVP, head of government relations.
August brings on Andrew Jarrell as a managing director in its New York office. Jarrell comes to the agency from Group Gordon, where he most recently served as chief strategy officer... PSD, which produces activewear and underwear worn by and made for professional athletes, hires Dan Harbison as SVP of marketing and Monica Lin as VP of brand marketing... UKG, an AI platform that combines HR, pay and workforce management, names Vitor De Souza chief communications officer. 
