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| Janine Gianfredi |
Transcarent, a health and care experience company, hires Janine Gianfredi, a veteran of Google and Instagram, as CMO. Gianfredi most recently served as head of marketing at Redesign Health, a startup creator that powers companies who are innovating in health care. At Instagram, she served as director, global consumer marketing. She led brand, product marketing and partnership efforts at Google, and also served as chief marketing officer at the United States Digital Service under the Obama administration. Reporting to Transcarent CEO Glen Tullman, Gianfredi will oversee the company’s marketing and communications functions. “Janine’s experience in leading successful marketing and communications programs at places like Instagram and Google paired with her time in health care is a perfect fit to enable Transcarent to deliver easy access to high-quality, affordable care,” said Tullman.
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| Samantha Qualls |
The Cannabis Media Council appoints Marino VP Samantha Qualls to its board of directors as communications lead. Qualls will be leading all public relations initiatives, including strategic communications, thought leadership, media relations, and the development and management of core Cannabis Media Council messaging. At Marino, she leads day-to-day operations and strategic initiatives for the agency’s cannabis practice, among other verticals including higher education and energy. The Cannabis Media Council is working to change the narrative around cannabis by broadening consumer awareness, educating mainstream media on the opportunities in the cannabis sector, and providing advertisers and publishers guidance on best practices.
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| Amanda Forrester |
OpenX Technologies, a global omnichannel advertising exchange, names Amanda Forrester vice president of marketing. Forrester most recently was senior director, product marketing at Ampersand, a data-driven TV and advertising sales and technology company. She has also held marketing and sales roles at the New York Times, Omnicom Media Group’s Annalect and Tremor Video. In her new post, Forrester will be responsible for setting the strategic direction and overseeing global execution across all marketing channels. “Amanda’s experience as a marketing leader in programmatic advertising, data and TV aligns seamlessly with our differentiated solutions and will help us drive engagement across our buy-side customers and publisher partners,” said OpenXCEO John Gentry.
maslansky + partners, a specialist consultancy within Omnicom Public Relations, names founding partner Keith Yazmir president of the firm... The National Football League Players Association names Matt Taylor chief communications officer, effective Sept. 8... Repay Holdings Corporation, a provider of bill payment solutions, appoints Charles Nabhan as head of investor relations.
Bospar hires veteran technology, cybersecurity and healthcare sector journalist and content creator Doug Olenick as tech and healthcare content director... The Huntington National Bank appoints Ameesh Vakharia as EVP and chief marketing and digital products officer, a newly created role... SDA International, a Honolulu-based strategic communications firm, promotes Cassie Kim to SVP. 
Burson Brussels chief client officer Ruud Wassen has moved to Consello to open its outpost in the headquarters city of NATO and the European Union.
Reputation Advisors International adds Newick Consulting founder Peter Thomas as its newest member. Based in Abu Dhabi, Thomas has more than 35 years of experience advising major global clients on reputation issues... TruePoint appoints April Steinbach, who has held senior creative posts at BBDO and McCann Worldgroup, as creative director....Athene, a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management that focuses on retirement solutions, names Brett Gibson EVP and head of investor relations. Gibson comes to Athene from JP Morgan Securities.
Stellantis names Stephanie Hartgrove chief communications officer. Hartgrove joins Stellantis from Johnson & Johnson, where she was global vice president of MedTech communications and public affairs... FINN Partners appoints Kim Sizemore as head of integrated media. Sizemore joins FINN from Wieden+Kennedy... Lucid Group, which makes software-defined vehicles and technologies, names Angela Zepeda as Vice President, Global Marketing. Zepeda was most recently global head of marketing at Elon Musk's xAI. 
