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| Christian Walker |
Cornerstone Government Affairs adds Christian Walker to its federal government relations team as a VP. Walker joins Cornerstone from the office of Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), where he served for more than three years as deputy chief of staff and legislative director. He also served as a senior advisor for a U.S. Senate Campaign, campaign manager for a nationally targeted U.S. House of Representatives race and as the statewide field director for the Arizona Democratic Party. “He brings a broad and diverse background, set of capabilities and relationships as well as an excellent reputation,” said Cornerstone president and managing director Geoff Gonella.
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| Troy Blackwell |
The Peace Corps names Troy Blackwell press director. Blackwell was most recently founder and CEO of Ready for Change, a political action committee dedicated to get-out-the-vote activities. He worked on the Biden-Harris 2020 campaign, served as senior communications advisor at BerlinRosen and has been a board member at PRSA-NY, the Diversity Action Alliance and the Museum of Public Relations. In his new role, Blackwell will be the Peace Corps’ principal point of contact with news media and the public, both domestically and in 64 overseas posts.
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| Joey Carosella |
Mosaic North America hires Joey Carosella as executive VP of operations. Most recently, Carosella served as EVP, N.A. operations at VMLY&R Commerce. In his new post, he will be responsible for daily operations across production, resource management, production management, legal, risk, procurement and field operations. He will also work to improve procedures and efficiencies. “Among Joey's priorities is building big picture strategies that will lead to long-term organizational growth while at the same time streamlining the day-to-day way we work across the agency,” said Mosaic North America co-managing director Justine Greenwald.
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. 
Dezenhall Resources brings on Jessica DeLoach as VP. DeLoach was previously deputy director of public and media relations at the Southern Poverty Law Center... Crowe Media hires Alissa Kasawdish as senior integrated PR manager. Kasawdish was previously an account supervisor at J/PR... Benefitbay, a SaaS platform that lets users make their own benefit decisions, names Lindsey Unterberger as VP of marketing.
