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| John McCook |
John McCook, who worked 17 years at Rubenstein Public Relations in two different stints, has returned to the New York shop as VP and head of its consumer practice.
He exited RPR in 2018 to teach special education classes at PS 89 and Metropolitan High School in the South Bronx.
McCook also saw PR duty at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Burson-Marsteller and Porter Novelli.
During his career, he counseled clients such as Wish-Bone Salad Dressing, Puerto Rico Tourism, Applebee’s, Le Cordon Bleu Cooking School, Mazda, Rubin Museum of Art, Mount Airy Casino and AMF Bowling.
Brittney Basden, who led public affairs and advocacy partnerships at the Washington Post has joined Bully Pulpit International as a managing director.
The DUX Group, a Washington, D.C.-based strategic communications firm that works with leaders in highly regulated industries, names Lauren Boland as VP... Workday, an enterprise AI platform for HR, finance and IT, names Sarah Kennedy Ellis CMO, effective Oct. 5. Kennedy Ellis joins the company from Google... Octave Specialty Group, a global specialty insurance firm, brings on Philip Stefano as managing director, head of investor relations. 
Michele Ziosi will rejoin Stellantis on Oct. 1 as chief PA officer responsible for Enlarged Europe and for the global coordination of the carmaker’s PA activities.
Inizio, which works with clients in the health and life sciences sectors, appoints Oisín Ó Gógáin as chief people officer... The Boston Beer Company names Allison Stransky CMO, effective Oct. 12. Stransky was previuosly VP and CMO at Samsung Electronics America... Newark Regional Business Partnership and its 501(c)(3) affiliate, the Renaissance Newark Foundation, bring on Kim Lewis-Collins as VP, marketing and business development, a newly created role. 
Carmichael Lynch president and manager Julie Batliner is joining Padilla as president, succeeding Matt Kuchariski. Kucharski will transition to a fractional role with the agency as an executive counselor through the end of the year.
