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| Julie Green Bataille |
GMMB managing director and senior VP Julie Green Bataille joins Aledade, a network of primary care practices with nearly 1.7 million patients, as its senior VP of communications.
Bataille had been with GMMB since 2015, working with non-profit, public and private sector clients on issues affecting the healthcare system.
Before that, she was director of the office of communications at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
She has also served as associate VP of communications at Georgetown University, deputy director of communications for Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign, press secretary for the U.S. Department of Education and assistant press secretary in the Clinton White House.
“I am excited to join a team working to make the underlying system work better for all those it serves,” said Bataille.
A breakthrough is not successful merely because it works. It succeeds when people and health systems can actually use it.
Jim Weiss, founder & chairman of Real Chemistry, has joined the board of ICR Inc. as it steps up its healthcare capital markets offering.
Ruder Finn has hired Kelly Yoder, who spent a dozen years at Weber Shandwick rising to North America health lead, as managing director, global head of health & life sciences.
ICR has named John Capodanno head of US healthcare corporate communications and Matthew Willey managing director in its medical technology and diagnostics practice. 
April is National Minority Health Month, spotlighting the urgency to improve health outcomes in communities of color.
