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| Rebecca Sivy |
ROKK Solutions hires Rebecca Sivy as senior director of marketing. Sivy joins the agency from Discovery USA, an advocacy firm that is part of Publicis Health, where she was an account supervisor. Before that, she was a senior project manager at GMMB. In her new post, Sivy will lead the strategic marketing efforts for the firm. ROKK is also bringing on Gabrielle Gallone as senior account executive of digital. Gallone previously executed digital plans for congressional campaigns at Targeted Victory and consulted for Republican campaigns and the NRSC. "Their wealth of knowledge and experience will further strengthen our ability to provide exceptional service to our clients," said ROKK Solutions co-founder and partner Ron Bonjean.
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| Andy See Teong Leng |
The Public Relations Global Network elects Andy See Teong Leng, principal partner and managing director of Perspective Strategies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as its president for the next 12 months. He previously served as secretary since April 2019 and was regional vice president for PRGN’s Asia Pacific region from 2020 to 2022. He succeeds former president David Fuscus, president and CEO at Xenophon Strategies in Washington, D.C., who will now assume the duties of immediate past president and chair of PRGN’s Advisory Board. Other PRGN officers elected by owners of member agencies include: treasurer Brad Kostka, president of Roop & Co. in Cleveland, Ohio, succeeding Amanda Hill, principal of Three Box Strategic Communications in Dallas, who served two two-year terms; and secretary Frédéric François, managing partner of two cents in Brussels, Belgium, succeeding Andy See Teong Leng.
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| Sarakshi Rai |
The Hill promotes Sarakshi Rai to director of audience development. Rai, who joined The Hill in October 2021, will continue to lead the platform’s social media team. She previously held several positions at ITP Media Group, including editor in chief of Masala! Magazine, a publication focused on the South Asian film industry, and digital editor at Esquire Middle East. In her new role, she will be responsible for growing the audience for The Hill and will work across the newsroom to increase overall site traffic.
Tim Turpin, who led the venture capital and emerging technologies practices at Sparkpr during a more than 16-year run, has joined CodePR, a boutique shop focused on the VC arena.
Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery’s still-unnamed new sports joint venture has recruited SiriusXM SVP of communications Jessica Casano-Antonellis to head up its communications... State Street Corporation names Elizabeth Lynn EVP and global head of investor relations... Tailwind Nutrition, a sports nutrition specialist, hires Kristen Flemington as VP of marketing. 
Casey Hernandez, who rose to the senior VP for global corporate communications post at Herbalife, has joined Seven Letter strategic communications shop in its DC office.
James Byrne, a former New York Police Department detective who led the executive communications team for commissioner Edward Caban, will join the Secret Service on May 20.
Signal Group promotes Julian Graham to director and Vinny Sheu to director of creative content... Bevel appoints Libbie Wilcox as director of its New York office and lead of its alternative asset practice... Feldman Strategies names Chloe Barr communications manager. She was at Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis.
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