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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."
maslansky + partners, a specialist consultancy within Omnicom Public Relations, names founding partner Keith Yazmir president of the firm... The National Football League Players Association names Matt Taylor chief communications officer, effective Sept. 8... Repay Holdings Corporation, a provider of bill payment solutions, appoints Charles Nabhan as head of investor relations.
Bospar hires veteran technology, cybersecurity and healthcare sector journalist and content creator Doug Olenick as tech and healthcare content director... The Huntington National Bank appoints Ameesh Vakharia as EVP and chief marketing and digital products officer, a newly created role... SDA International, a Honolulu-based strategic communications firm, promotes Cassie Kim to SVP. 
Burson Brussels chief client officer Ruud Wassen has moved to Consello to open its outpost in the headquarters city of NATO and the European Union.
Reputation Advisors International adds Newick Consulting founder Peter Thomas as its newest member. Based in Abu Dhabi, Thomas has more than 35 years of experience advising major global clients on reputation issues... TruePoint appoints April Steinbach, who has held senior creative posts at BBDO and McCann Worldgroup, as creative director....Athene, a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management that focuses on retirement solutions, names Brett Gibson EVP and head of investor relations. Gibson comes to Athene from JP Morgan Securities.
Stellantis names Stephanie Hartgrove chief communications officer. Hartgrove joins Stellantis from Johnson & Johnson, where she was global vice president of MedTech communications and public affairs... FINN Partners appoints Kim Sizemore as head of integrated media. Sizemore joins FINN from Wieden+Kennedy... Lucid Group, which makes software-defined vehicles and technologies, names Angela Zepeda as Vice President, Global Marketing. Zepeda was most recently global head of marketing at Elon Musk's xAI. 
