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| Catherine Koppel |
The Ehrhardt Group promotes Catherine Koppel to VP of media and strategy. Koppel has been a senior counselor at the firm since 2021, advising clients and team members on interfacing with the news media and building brand reputation. Before that, she was a senior producer at Thomson Reuters. In her new role, she joins the firm’s leadership team with a focus on broadening client relationships and guiding its professionals in strategic media relations and storytelling. “Since joining TEG, Catherine has been an invaluable source of knowledge and support for our entire team,” said agency president Marc Ehrhardt.
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| Lori Abou Habib |
The Joint Corp., the nation's largest provider of chiropractic care, hires Lori Abou Habib as CMO. Abou Habib was previously CMO and senior vice president at SONIC Drive-In, part of the Inspire Brands family of restaurants, where she oversaw national marketing, media, digital strategy, marketing technology and product innovation. At The Joint Corp., she is tasked with leading marketing and strategic planning to advance enterprise initiatives and grow performance of clinics, franchise prospects and consumer awareness. "Lori's high energy, strategic and solutions-oriented marketing experience, as well as her desire for continuous improvement and results are aligned with our values and our mission," said The Joint Corp. president and CEO Peter D. Holt.
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| Carlita Salazar |
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonprofit organization that works to promote equal justice in such areas as voting rights, criminal justice, fair housing and community development, names Carlita Salazar as its first VP of communications. Salazar was most recently deputy chief communications officer at the Innocence Project, and she was previously publications editor at the National Resources Defense Council. In her new post, she will spearhead all external communications and lead the organization’s efforts to inform the public about the organization’s work and to shape public discourse and narratives about civil rights and racial justice.
HUNTER brings on Lori Ruggiero as managing director of its corporate communications practice... Covo Intelligence, an independent research and intelligence firm, names Tony Cheevers director of strategic growth... MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) hires Brian Swarth as SVP of marketing, effective July 20. 
Jeffrey Rosen, senior chair of the corporate department at legal firm Debevoise & Plimpton, joins FGS Global, where he will serve as senior advisor.
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.
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. 
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.
