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| Maxine Winer |
BCW names Maxine Winer EVP, market leader, Chicago. Winer joins the agency from DiGennaro Communications, where she served as president and COO. She was previously GM of FleishmanHillard’s Chicago office and has also run the corporate practice at MS&L/Chicago. At BCW, Winer will be responsible for business growth, talent management and client satisfaction in the Chicago market. “Max brings an enviable combination of broad sector expertise, strong operational acumen and rigorous focus on client service excellence to her role as BCW’s Chicago market leader,” said BCW president, North America Mary Corcoran.
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| Amy Inzanti |
GCI Health hires Amy Inzanti, who was most recently chief strategy officer at Marina Maher Communications, as chief insights and strategy officer. Before coming to MMC in 2017, Inzanti was at Cohn & Wolfe (now BCW), where she led the branding and insights group for North America. She has also been a VP at Ogilvy Public Relaitons Worldwide and Porter Novelli. At GCI Health, Inzanti is tasked with bringing the agency’s research, analytics and strategy teams under one function and further integrating insights and strategy across the global organization. “Amy is a brilliant, relentless and collaborative leader who will work with our talented research, analytics and strategy teams to build on the great work being done on behalf of our clients,” said GCI Group global CEO Kristin Cahill.
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| Lauren Pearle |
The Next Solutions Group names Lauren Pearle SVP, content and issues management. Pearle was most recently a senior producer at ABC News Live Prime, the network's flagship streaming newscast. She was previously a producer with the ABC News investigations unit and its law & justice unit, and has served as senior editorial producer for PBS’ Firing Line with Margaret Hoover. Located at NSG’s New York City office, Pearle will support clients across the globe, reporting to Justin Blum, The Next Solution Group’s managing director, content and issues management.
Mod Op brings on John Powers and Alan Kipust as part of its Executive in Residence program, which already includes former Dun & Bradstreet chief data officer Monica Richter... Takeda Pharmaceuticals hires James-Denton Wyllie as head of R&D and external innovation communications... Veeam Software, which specializes in data resilience solutions, appoints Allison Cerra as CMO.
The Dallas Mavericks bring on Gina Miller as chief communications officer, a newly created role. She was previously with Major League Soccer team FC Dallas... Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit organization that advances arts advocacy, names Jamey Lundblad as CMO... Ambac Financial Group, an insurance holding company, names Karen Beyer managing director, head of investor relations.
Actum has hired Cecelia Prewett, who was president of DC Public Affairs at SKDK during a nearly 13-year run, as senior managing director in its Washington office.
Franz Paasche, who was most recently EVP for public affairs and communications at Columbia University, will join Verizon as EVP, corporate affairs, effective Nov. 10.
Horizon Family Brands, which includes Horizon Organic and Wallaby Organic yogurt, hires Andrew Springate as CMO... Wake Tech, a Raleigh, NC community college that serves over 70,000 adults annually, brings on Lisa Marie Ferrell, who previously led North America communications at Lenovo, as VP of communications and marketing... Golin brings on executive creative director Meg Farquhar in Chicago, and EVPs of strategy Tom Howells (Western Region) and Martin Coomber (New York).
