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| Ross Hall |
BCW names Edelman’s Ross Hall as head of corporate and public affairs, Europe & Africa. At Edelman, Hall most recently served as regional client services director for EMEA. Before coming to Edelman in 2017, he was managing director, corporate affairs at Ketchum, and he has also served as a senior director at FTI Consulting. At BCW, Hall will be responsible for bolstering BCW's corporate and public affairs offer across the region. “Ross brings extensive experience managing multi-disciplinary teams at scale to deliver award-winning international campaigns for clients to support their business objectives. He also has a proven track record in building high-performing teams,” said BCW Europe & Africa president Scott Wilson.
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| DK Bartley, Desirée Davis Stolar |
Hill+Knowlton Strategies brings on DK Bartley as global chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer, and Desirée Davis Stolar as global head of talent management and employee experience. Bartley comes to the agency from Moody’s, where he was chief diversity officer. He was previously SVP, head of diversity and talent acquisition at Dentsu International and has held senior DE&I and human resources management positions at companies including Sony, Mercedes-Benz, and HarperCollins. Davis Stolar was most recently a managing director at Management Leadership for Tomorrow, a national nonprofit that advances training and career opportunities for high-achieving individuals from underrepresented communities. “DK and Desirée both bring exceptional experience and unmatched enthusiasm for creating amazing places for employees to grow and thrive, rooted in the knowledge of the tremendous value that a diverse and inclusive culture can bring to an organization,” said H+K global chief people officer Azurée Montoute-Lewis
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| Ryan Hughes |
JConnelly hires Ryan Hughes as assistant VP. Hughes joins JConnelly from Hiltzik Strategies, where he was a senior manager. He was previously a senior account executive at ROKK Solutions, and he has also worked at Shirley & Banister Public Affairs, where he handled conservative media relations for Governor Scott Walker's (R-WI) campaign for President, and later managed key aspects of the surrogate booking operation for Governor John Kasich's (R-OH) presidential campaign. At JConnelly, Hughes will be working with teams based in the agency’s Chicago office.
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| Brad Bohlander |
The University of Arizona names Brad Bohlander senior vice president and chief communications and marketing officer, effective Sept. 5. Bohlander has been chief communications and marketing officer at North Carolina State University since 2011. Before that, he served as executive director of public relations and university spokesperson for Colorado State University. In his new post, he will lead all facets of strategic and integrated marketing and communications for the university. "He has a proven a track record of success in managing complex communications issues and implementing data-driven strategies to advance institutional reputation, and he understands the complexities of large land-grant universities such as ours,” said University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins.
Jim O’Leary, Weber Shandwick global president and North America CEO, has joined Penta Group, the DC corporate advisory, as CEO.
ROKK Solutions has named Amy Fox chief corporate communications officer to oversee its new corporate affairs unit.
Orchestra adds Andrew Bates and Kristen Orthman to its advisory practice. Both of them worked in the Biden administration... DeepIntent, a healthcare demand-side platform, appoints Ian Colley as CMO... Fanatics Commerce, a direct-to-consumer platform within sports apparel and fan gear company Fanatics, names Jamie Gersch CMO... Cboe Global Markets, a global markets operator and pioneer in equity derivatives, hires Julie Bauer as SVP, head of government relations.
August brings on Andrew Jarrell as a managing director in its New York office. Jarrell comes to the agency from Group Gordon, where he most recently served as chief strategy officer... PSD, which produces activewear and underwear worn by and made for professional athletes, hires Dan Harbison as SVP of marketing and Monica Lin as VP of brand marketing... UKG, an AI platform that combines HR, pay and workforce management, names Vitor De Souza chief communications officer. 
Dezenhall Resources brings on Jessica DeLoach as VP. DeLoach was previously deputy director of public and media relations at the Southern Poverty Law Center... Crowe Media hires Alissa Kasawdish as senior integrated PR manager. Kasawdish was previously an account supervisor at J/PR... Benefitbay, a SaaS platform that lets users make their own benefit decisions, names Lindsey Unterberger as VP of marketing.
