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| KeJuan Wilkins |
NIKE promotes KeJuan Wilkins to succeed Nigel Powell as the company’s EVP, chief communications officer, effective June 1. Wilkins has been with Nike since 2006, most recently serving as vp, global enterprise communications. Before coming to Nike, he held roles in the athletic footwear industry and with the New York Knicks. In his new role, he will lead all global corporate, consumer and employee communications for the company. “KeJuan is a best-in-class communications expert who is well poised to help lead us into Nike’s next growth phase,” said Nike president and CEO John Donahoe. “His knowledge, insights, and forward-thinking will be great assets to our executive leadership team.”
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| Lea Stendahl |
Yieldstreet, a private market investing platform, hires former E*TRADE chief marketing officer Lea Stendahl as CMO. Stendahl joins Yieldstreet from Suffolk Construction, where she held the CMO spot. She has also served as managing director of brand and marketing communications for TD Ameritrade. At Yieldstreet, Stendahl will be responsible for driving growth across the company’s key verticals. “Her deep expertise across performance marketing, brand management, and business development—especially within direct-to-consumer finance—made her the perfect fit,” said Yieldstreet founder and CEO Milind Mehere.
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| Pamela Laite |
Development Counsellors International appoints Pamela Laite as director of business events. Laite has been with the DCI team since 2020, working with such clients as the Vienna Convention Bureau and Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau. She previously held senior positions at the Fredericton Convention Centre, Tourism Toronto and Attractions Ontario. In her new post, Laite will lead the DCI team to help destinations attract North American meeting and incentive business. “Pamela has proven herself consistently by leading marketing efforts to boost RFPs, to create community-based approaches to business events travel, and to secure group business for clients,” said Karyl Leigh Barnes, president of DCI’s Tourism Practice.
Steve Rice, who served as director of political mobilization for Boeing, joins DC-based bipartisan public affairs and strategic communications firm The Herald Group as SVP, overseeing its grasstops and 50-state field operations. 
Qorvis has named Victor Shiblie senior advisor to boost its international network and global business opportunities.
Pierre DuBois has taken the VP-public affairs post at AIB Data Centers, developer of the digital infrastructure for AI hosting and high-performance computing workloads.
Allison Worldwide names Victoria Brophy EVP, head of corporate and technology in Europe. Brophy comes to the firm from Golin Ketchum London, where as EVP she built and led the London Corporate Affairs practice... 
Signal Group, a DC-based public affairs firm, hires Josie Feron as director. Feron was most recently communications director for the Office of Congresswoman Deborah Ross (D-NC)... Moburst, a mobile-first digital agency driven by a proprietary AI program, appoints Etgar Shpivak as VP of marketing... Howard University hires Jasmine Gurley as senior director of public relations in the Office of University Communications.
