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| Kathy Collins |
Frontdoor, which offers home service plans, names former H&R Block chief marketing and strategy officer Kathy Collins as CMO. Collins comes to Frontdoor from G.E.H.A., a medical benefits provider, where she led marketing, new client acquisition, member loyalty, sales and communication. Before that, she was chief brand and innovation officer at Massage Envy. “Kathy brings a powerful combination of experience, insights and energy to our team,” said Frontdoor CEO and chairman Bill Cobb. “She is passionate about developing brand positioning that is grounded in research and speaks to the heart of what consumers value most.”
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| Allison Van Houten |
Blockchain company Chia Network adds Allison Van Houten to its executive leadership team as chief marketing officer. Van Houten joins the company from digital reading platform Epic for Kids, where she also served as CMO. In addition, she has held senior marketing positions at Omada Health, Google, YouTube and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. At Chia Network, Van Houten will lead the marketing and communication verticals, overseeing brand growth initiatives, product marketing, public relations, corporate communications, executive thought leadership and policy communications. “Allison is a veteran and highly-regarded leader in the marketing space, with direct experience in brand growth and consistent success bringing new products to market,” said Chia Network director, president and COO Gene Hoffman.
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| Jessica Cao |
AeroSafe Global, a Rochester, NY-based biopharmaceutical company, hires Jessica Cao as senior vice president of marketing. Cao was most recently vice president of pharma strategy and marketing at Catalent Pharma Solutions. She has also held marketing positions at Beckton Dickinson, Baxter and Bayer. At AeroSafe, Cao is tasked with augmenting the marketing and commercial teams’ capabilities to drive sales growth and enhance the brand’s market position. “She has been instrumental in advancing organizations by developing successful marketing strategies, building and managing commercial teams, and driving business growth,” said AeroSafe Global CEO Jay McHarg.
Mission North names Danny Maiello as the agency’s first chief corporate affairs officer. He's a veteran of Highwire, Dentsu, BCW Global, PwC, FleishmanHillard and CNN... DCI brings on Dan Savickas as a director on its strategic alliances team... Reputation Advisors International adds Sharon Koh, founder of Singapore-based boutique advisory firm The Brand Imprint, as its newest member.
The National Association of Corporate Directors has named Brunswick Group veteran Mohamed Younis senior VP of content.
Highwire names Kelly Losko as CFO. Losko joins the agency from OLIVER Agency, where she was CFO, North America... TCW, a Los-Angeles based financial services company, brings on Lindsay DeLarme as global head of marketing & communications. DeLarme previously spent 13 years at Oaktree Capital, most recently serving as head of marketing and communications... o9 Solutions, developer of the “Digital Brain,” names Adriel Sanchez CMO, a newly created position at the company. 
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.
