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| David Marten |
Elevate Government Affairs hires David Marten, who was most recently legislative director for Senate Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA), as an executive vice president in its Seattle office, giving the firm a presence in the Pacific Northwest. Marten will split his time between Seattle and Washington, DC. Before working for Cantwell, Marten served as deputy director of Washington governor Jay Inslee’s D.C. office. “David brings a unique skill set to Elevate with strong ties to Washington state and deep policy experience across the Senate Commerce and Finance Committees,” said Elevate Government Affairs co-founder Sam Whitehorn.
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| Jackie Sarlo |
Haynes and Boone, an international corporate law firm, hires Jackie Sarlo as CMO. Sarlo joins the firm from Snell & Wilmer, where she was CMO and director of client relations. At Snell & Wilmer, she worked for more than a decade with David Boden, who joined Haynes and Boone earlier this year as chief operating officer. Prior to Snell & Wilmer, Sarlo was the marketing director at Holme Roberts & Owen. Boden calls Sarlo “a skilled, passionate and innovative professional and a perfect fit for our culture. I know from first-hand experience that she will be a tremendous asset to our senior management team.”
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| Tifenn Dano Kwan |
Amplitude, a digital analytics platform used by such companies as Chick-fil-A, NBCUniversal, PayPal and Under Armour, names former Dropbox CMO Tifenn Dano Kwan CMO. Dano Kwan most recently served as CMO at data intelligence platform Collibra. She also held marketing leadership roles at software company SAP. In her new post, Dano Kwan will lead Amplitude’s marketing strategy and oversee its corporate marketing, product marketing, and revenue marketing teams. “She has the perfect mix of operational excellence, a deep understanding of the needs of product and data leaders, and a strong product-led growth muscle,” said Amplitude president Thomas Hansen.
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, an SaaS platform that lets users make their own benefit decisions, names Lindsey Unterberger as VP of marketing.
Catherine Sullivan, global chief communications officer at Burson, has exited the WPP unit after a 12-year run.
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation hires Amy Martin Ziegenfuss as CMO, effective June 3. Ziegenfuss was most recently CMO at Carnival Cruise Line... Narrative Strategies brings on Hanna Beckman and Rich Casale as senior directors... Grayling has appointed Maury Postal as EVP, creative strategy and innovation services... HMH (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), an educational publisher and technology company focused on K–12 education, assessments and professional learning, names Jessica Naeve CMO.
Brunswick Group has announced that Teneo's Christian Buss and Netflix's Paul Shaw have joined the firm as partners in San Francisco.
4media group promotes chief operating officer Melissa Elsner to CEO, succeeding Ed Cyster... Seven Letter names Tanvi Purohit account director at its Seven Letter Labs unit... Moxie Strategies, which is marking its second anniversary, brings on Janice Laurente as EVP of public affairs.
