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| Alice Rao |
Hallmark Media names Alice Rao senior vice president of publicity. Rao previously worked as a communication and publicity consultant with Netflix, HBOMax, Turner Networks and MRC Media. At Hallmark, she will lead publicity campaigns, working with corporate communications, talent relations and events, programming, and various internal and external parties to align efforts and provide strategic guidance. Hallmark Media director of communications Annie Howell called Rao "a tremendous executive" who will be "a perfect fit for Hallmark."
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| Angie Leccese |
Commercial real estate company Newmark Group hires Angie Leccese as chief marketing officer. Leccese joins Newmark from CBRE, where she served as vice president of business development, Americas advisory marketing. In her new position, Leccese will be responsible for overseeing the planning, development and execution of Newmark's marketing and business development strategy, with a focus on driving growth through content marketing and sales enablement. "Angie's decades of experience in marketing and commercial real estate make her ideal to lead the strategic direction of Newmark's marketing," said Newmark CEO Barry Gosin.
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| Dan Garzia |
Provenance Blockchain Foundation, which works to help financial services firms adopt blockchain solutions, appoints Dan Garzia as CMO. Garzia has. Been vice president of digital marketing at both Franklin Templeton and BlackRock. He was most recently recently chief marketing officer at Securitize, a blockchain digital asset securities firm. At Provenance, Garzia will be responsible for building out the full range of Provenance's global marketing capabilities. "Dan's deep expertise across several industries and practices including tech, blockchain, traditional finance and marketing make him a unique leader—and a perfect fit for Provenance," said Provenance Blockchain Foundation CEO Moran McKenney.
DGA Group has added Hilton alum Jonas Neihardt as a senior advisor to bolster its hospitality, travel and tourism offering.
Ed Harnaga, who most recently served as SVP, chief marketing and communications officer at Pfizer, joins Vantage Data Centers, which provides hyperscale data center campuses, in the chief marketing and communications officer spot.
Lucas Public Affairs, a Sacramento-based firm, adds Sallie Poggi, who has worked at both FleishmanHillard and APCO, as a VP. Most recently, Poggi was chief communications officer at the University of the Pacific... Allied Universal, a security and facility services company, brings on Melissa Butler as VP of communications. She was at Burson... Talk Shop Media, a firm that operates in Canada and the U.S., specializing in PR, corporate communications and social media, promotes Stuart Martin to managing director of its U.S West Coast operations.
The Estée Lauder Companies names Madeleine Boyd SVP, global brand communications. Most recently, she served as global SVP, beauty & wellness at Together Group... Cohen & Steers, a global investment manager specializing in real assets and alternative income, names Erik Schneberger as EVP, chief marketing officer... CooperVision, a contact lens company, brings on former Bayer VP Brenda Raphael as VO of marketing, Americas.
Edelman names United Entertainment Group CEO Jarrod Moses as vice chairman. Moses will continue in his role at UEG... Burson brings on Matthew Wagner, who was most recently global client relationship manager and energy sector lead at Edelman, as EVP and global client leader... The Key PR appoints Jodi Maroney as principal. Maroney joins the agency after a 25-year run at Access Brand Communications.
