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| Kristy Fercho |
Wells Fargo names Kristy Fercho as head of diverse segments, representation and inclusion at the company. Since it launched in 2020, the DSRI function has coordinated Wells Fargo’s DE&I efforts across the company – developing products and services to serve customers from underserved communities and driving DE&I initiatives firmwide. Fercho has served at Wells Fargo’s head of home lending since 2020, and her previous positions include president of mortgage at Flagstar Bank and senior vp at Fannie Mae. “Her deep business experience, including her most recent role as head of our home lending business, puts her in a unique position to make our DE&I work even more central to how we operate as a company and to drive positive outcomes for our employees and communities,” said Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf.
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| Phillip Collins |
Lansons appoints four senior advisors to enhance the firm’s capability for advising on reputation and ESG at board level. The four are: Philip Collins, CEO of The Draft and chief speech writer for former British prime minister, Tony Blair; Alliance Trust senior independent director and Diversity Project co-founder Sarah Bates; Shereen Daniels; managing director of HR rewired, and author of “The Anti-Racist Organization: Dismantling Systemic Racism in the Workplace”; and former CMO of The Royal Bank of Scotland David Wheldon, OBE. “Together they will enhance our skills and capabilities and provide our clients with deep expertise from which to draw,” said Lansons CEO Gordon Tempest Hay/
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| Maayan Wenderow |
FundamentalVR, which specializes in immersive medical technology, names Maayan Wenderow, vice president of marketing. Wenderow was previously associate director of marketing at Baxter International and director of marketing at Cheetah Medical. At Fundamental VR, she will be leading marketing strategy and execution. The company has also brought on Erin Kullgren as vp of growth, Michelle Halsne as vp of sales and Dottie Barrett at vp of strategic data commericalization, bringing the proportion of women in FundamentalVR’s leadership to 55 percent.
The Stevens Group, a facilitator of mergers and acquisitions in the PR and digital marketing agency spaces, brings on Marty Gamer as VP of business development and Mark Altschuler as VP of sales... Voxus PR hires Intel CCO Tara Smith as a managing partner... Pinstripes, a chain of venues that feature dining, bowling, bocce, and private events, recruits Shannon Keller as CMO.
PitchBook, a data provider for the private and public equity markets, hires Paul Stoddart as CMO... SonicWall, a cybersecurity business, hires Cisco Systems senior director of integrated marketing Christine Bartlett as SVP and CMO... Sonatype, a software supply chain management company, names Megan Lueders as CMO. 
Lester Posner, who was director of communications for the Health and Safety Executive, UK workplace regulator, has joined Teneo as a managing director in its strategy and communications practice.
Invariant has added Ellen Satterwhite, who has nearly 20 years of Silicon Valley, government and agency experience, to its strategic communications and public affairs team.
The American Civil Liberties Union promotes Kriston Alford McIntosh to chief communications and marketing officer... 62ABOVE hires Alex Herron as director of public relations and social media... The Selective Service System names BerlinRosen alum Troy Blackwell senior adviser of its newly created office of enterprise integration. 
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