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| Erica Swerdlow |
Summit Strategy Group, a public affairs, corporate reputation and ESG consulting firm, brings on Erica Swerdlow as a managing director to lead client development and growth initiatives. Most recently CEO at Tilis Group, Swerdlow was previously CEO of Stagwell-owned Wye Communications (now KWT Global). She has also served as an executive VP at Burson-Marsteller (now BCW) and Porter Novelli, and founded EBS PublicRelations. “She has launched and sold her own company, grown other firms from start-up stage and led business development operations for large, public companies,” said Summit founder & CEO Michael Law. “She will be an essential partner to me as Summit navigates the next stage of our growth.”
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| Blair Taylor, Maura Hogan |
Seven Letter hires Blair Taylor as a managing director and Maura Hogan as a senior director. Taylor, who will work in the agency’s Washington office, was most recently communications director for former Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama and the Senate Appropriations Committee, regularly shepherding Senate Republican communicators through policy messaging battles. Hogan, who will be based in Seven Letter’s Boston office, was most recently a senior VP at BCW’s Direct Impact unit, where she specialized in corporate reputation, executive visibility, public affairs and ESG/sustainability. She has also been an assistant VP for global marketing and corporate communications at State Street Corporation, as well as serving in several positions at the US Department of State, including digital communications advisor to Secretary of State John F. Kerry. “With Blair and Maura joining the firm, we are deepening an already impressive bench, expanding our corporate communications practice and broadening our expertise in public affairs,” said Seven Letter founding partner Trevor Francis.
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| Stacey Doherty |
Core BTS, a digital transformation consulting firm, names Stacey Doherty as senior VP of marketing. Doherty most recently led strategic branding and marketing initiatives at IT services and consulting company ConvergeOne. She has also served as a regional marketing leader at BDO and senior manager, strategic marketing at Deloitte. At Core BTS, Doherty will lead a team with responsibility for go-to-market strategy execution, demand generation, product marketing, public relations, partner marketing, and brand development and advocacy. "Stacey's industry background and experience guiding brands through market expansion makes her uniquely qualified to lead Core BTS through its next phase of growth," said Core BTS chief executive officer Kevin Thimjon.
Ruder Finn hires Brent Mullins as SVP, talent and partnerships. Mullins joins the agency from 160over90, where he was VP, entertainment marketing... Allison Worldwide names Katie Huang Shin global president, technology, effective Nov. 14... Vasion, which provides serverless printing and AI-enabled automation, appoints Cindy White as CMO. 
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.
