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| Nick Hennen |
LaVoieHealthScience names Nick Hennen head of media, Boston. Hennen comes to LHS from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where he was media relations advisor. He has also served as senior media relations advisor with Cheetah Mobile Corporation. “Nick brings our clients a solid track record of building and maintaining relationships with science, technology- and health-focused journalists and in delivering results based on clients’ strategic priorities,” said LHS president and CEO Donna LaVoie. “His authentic presence and depth and breadth of understanding has made him a trusted source for journalists and clients alike.”
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| Gillian Pommerehn, Carrie Dooher |
Crosby Marketing Communications promotes Gillian Pommerehn and Carrie Dooher to EVP. Pommerehn, who has been the firm’s chief PR strategist for the past 15 years, will serve as EVP, PR & reputation management, leading a team that implements media relations and crisis communications programs across Crosby’s practice areas. She also oversees national awareness campaigns and leads the firm’s promotional activities, staff events and community outreach programs. Dooher, who was a SVP at Ogilvy PR before joining Crosby in 2019, is now executive vp, senior strategist, heading up Crosby’s partnership with the Peace Corps and guiding national integrated marketing and behavior-change campaigns for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration.
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| Kristen Brennand |
UpSpring hires Kristen Brennand as communications director. Brennand was most recently an associate director at Jennifer Bett Communications. In her new role, she is responsible for building out PR strategy and business-development-minded communication plans for a client roster that includes residential and B2B design and architecture firms, as well as B2C product brands. “Kristen’s experience is a seamless fit for our growing luxury residential interiors and products team,” said UpSpring CEO Tiffany Rafii.
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| Larry Parnell |
George Washington University’s College of Professional Studies appoints Larry Parnell to the new position of faculty director for executive education for public affairs and communications. Parnell will continue to serve as program director and associate professor in the school’s strategic public relations program, a position he has held for almost 15 years. Before coming to GWU, he served as a vice president at Hill & Knowlton Canada and director of global PR at Enrst & Young. In his new role, Parnell will provide faculty leadership to the CPS’ executive education efforts with organizations in the public affairs and communications industry. “Professor Parnell is uniquely positioned, based on his extensive experience, to successfully expand the College’s offerings in the dynamic global communications industry,” said College of Professional Studies dean Liesl Riddle.
Seven Letter hires Allie Raffa, who was most recently White House correspondent for NBC News, as a senior director... Points of Light, an organization founded by President George H.W. Bush that is dedicated to volunteer service, names Jeff Zanelli as CMO... Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company, appoints Nora Shepard as VP of communications.
Alcoa has named Emily Olson, who has more than 20 years of experience working in capital-intensive industries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, EVP & chief external affairs officer, effective April 6.
Longacre Square Partners has named Humza Vanderman partner and head of its London outpost as the financial communications firm expands into Europe.
FGS Global adds former Pfizer EVP and chief corporate affairs officer Sally Susman to its global executive board as an independent member, effective April 1... Codeword brings on Kim Baffi, who was previously Salesforce VP and creative director, as executive creative director... Amperity, an AI-powered customer data cloud, appoints Bridget Perry as CMO.
MOIA America, a Volkswagen Group of America subsidiary that develops and tests autonomous, all-electric ride-pooling vehicles, names Marcus Gamo head of U.S. communications... Continental Strategy brings on Francisco Petrirena as VP in its Miami office. Petrirena was previously chief of staff to former Miami city manager Art Noriega... MSQ Sport + Entertainment brings on Lauren Weil as EVP, Max Hirsch as VP of sponsorship, and Brooke Losee as VP.
