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| Alissa Brenner |
Crosscut Strategies hires Alissa Brenner as a senior VP. Brenner spent 13 years at Glover Park Group (now FGS Global), where she was most recently managing director, health. She has also held media relations posts at the American Psychiatric Association and NARAL Pro-Choice America. Crosscut has also brought on Alex Bradley, who was previously a speechwriter to PA Attorney General (and Democratic gubernatorial candidate) Josh Shapiro, as strategic communications manager, and Jena Crable has joined the firm as director of operations.
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| Megan Gabriel, Andrew Blanchette |
Argyle hires Megan Gabriel as senior VP on its U.S. leadership team and names Andrew Blanchette, director of data intelligence. Gabriel was previously senior VP of the crisis practice at LEVICK. At Argyle, she counsels organizations on sensitive matters related to corporate transformation, regulatory scrutiny and enforcement, litigation, workplace culture, and internal organizational issues. Blanchette previously was director of social intelligence at NATIONAL Public Relations. He has also worked in the crisis and reputation risk practice at Edelman.
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| Nyle Bayer |
Advisor Circle, a product and content studio for the financial services industry, names Nyle Bayer chief marketing officer. Bayer was most recently CMO at Onramp Invest. He also worked as a financial advisor for eight years. In his new post, Bayer will oversee the expansion of the Advisor Circle community, in-person and digitally, including the Future Proof Festival, a four-day event that will be held September 11-14, 2022, in Huntington Beach, CA. “Nyle is a force, it’s not often you see a savvy growth-minded marketer in our industry who has experience as a financial advisor and has been the CMO of an asset management company as well as a fintech company,” said Advisor Circle CEO Matt Middleton.
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| Angela Rachels |
Ghidotti names Angela Rachels media relations manager. Rachels comes to the agency from KATV, the Sinclair-owned ABC affiliate in Little Rock, where she most recently served as assignment manager. At Ghidotti, she will oversee media outreach and communications on behalf of agency clients. “Angela’s professionalism shines through in every engagement and that’s especially important in today’s environment where trust, reputation and integrity are what set companies apart from their competitors,” Ghidotti CEO Natalie Ghidotti said.
SKDK has hired Brian Klemesrud, a Democratic political ad-maker, as its chief creative director.
FTI Consulting appoints Jason Leow as a senior managing director in its strategic communications segment. He was vice chair and head of APAC at Edelman Smithfield... Ballard Partners is bringing on Tucker Knott, who currently serves as chief of staff to Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC), as a partner in DC.... TMRW Sports, a sports media company founded by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and former NBC Sports Group president, golf and global strategy Mike McCarley, names Peter Jung as CMO.
Ripley PR realigns its leadership team with the promotion of Anthony Cloud to managing director, B2C and franchising, and a new role for Grayson Shockley as managing director, B2B. Cloud, who joined Ripley PR in October 2020, has held multiple roles within the agency, including brand manager and content specialist... Walker Sands adds former Havas Digital global CEO and chairman George Gallate to its board of directors... Stewards, a diversified financial company based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, appoints Scott McGowan as CMO.
Kevin Lawlor, who most recently served as chief political officer and EVP at DDC Public Affairs, is coming on board at Zeno Group as head of public affairs.
Former Ketchum partner Esty Pujadas joins Grayling as CEO of its North America business, part of the agency’s expansion in the region.
