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| Mary Ogushwitz |
Magrino brings VP Mary Ogushwitz back to the firm as an SVP. Ogushwitz returns to Magrino from housewares, health and home, and beauty products marketer Helen of Troy, where she was most recently marketing communications director for its OXO brand. While at Magrino, she worked with such clients as Martha Stewart, Hendrick’s Gin, The James Beard Foundation and The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. In her new post at Magrino, Ogsuhwitz will oversee integrated client communications across digital, social and public relations. “She returns to Magrino with fabulous cross-channel experience that will benefit all divisions and clients,” said agency chairman and CEO Susan Magrino.
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| Robb Lee |
Yes& hires Robb Lee as senior VP, integrated services. Lee comes the agency after a 17-year career at the American Society of Association Executives, most recently as CMO. He was previously with ICF International, Ruder Finn, Marriott International, and Ogilvy and Mather Advertising. In his new role, Lee will call upon his client-side experience to ensure that clients receive a seamless solution tailored to them and their unique audience sets. “We got to know Robb very well while he was at ASAE,” said Yes& founder and CEO Robert W. Sprauge. “He always made us feel that we were on his team, and he was on ours.”
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| Scott Holden |
Brex, a global spend platform that includes expense management, reimbursements, payables, travel, and corporate cards, names Scott Holden CMO. Holden joins Brex from AI-powered analytics software company ThoughtSpot, where he also served as CMO. He was previously VP of marketing at Salesforce. At Brex, Holden will oversee company’s marketing strategy and work to position it as the leading spend management platform. Brex co-founder and co-CEO Henrique Dubugras called Holden “an exceptional leader with an impressive track record of building and growing leading enterprise software brands.”
Global Strategy Group names Claudio Taratuta as an EVP of the L@B, its in-house creative and media agency. Taratuta joins GSG from Praytell, where he was a founding team member... ROKK Solutions appoints Kris Havens as EVP of intel and insights. Havens was most recently a partner at Penta Group... Cliff House Maine brings on William Courtney Lowe as chief business development and brand strategist. Lowe joins Cliff House Maine from Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod, where he was VP of marketing & business development. 
Whit Clay, who exited the Co-CEO slot at Sloane & Co. 18 months ago to head Longacre Square Partners’ New York office, has been promoted to serve as the first CEO of the financial communication shop.
Eitan Bencuya, who has more than 20 years of technology PR experience, has signed on with Brunswick Group as a partner in its San Francisco office.
DGA Group has lined up the former US ambassadors to Qatar and Saudi Arabia as senior advisors to help clients navigate that politically complex region.
Narrative Strategies names Adam Silverstein as managing director in New York. Silverstein was most recently head of media relations & thought leadership at Scient Public Relations... Mission North brings on Alex Hunter as EVP of health and innovation... Baird & Warner, a family-owned independent real estate services company that serves the Chicago area, appoints Jeanette Cutler as CMO.
