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| Deborah Yeh |
Sephora promotes Deborah Yeh to global chief marketing officer, effective Nov. 13. Yeh is currently the beauty retailer’s global chief purpose officer. She previously served as CMO for Sephora Americas. Before coming to Sephora, Yeh was VP, marketing at Gap Inc. and group manager, marketing planning for Target. In her new position, she is tasked with working to increase the company’s membership base, as well as fostering collaborations across regions and overseeing Sephora’s purpose and sustainability strategy. “She will be instrumental in continuing to further build excitement and engagement within our global beauty community,” said Sephora president and Guillaume Motte.
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| Niki Hall |
Five9, provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, which includes omnichannel engagement and workforce engagement management, appoints Niki Hall as CMO. Hall rejoins the company after serving as VP of marketing for nearly two years starting in 2017. She was most recently CMO of digital experience analytics company Contentsquare. Hall has also served as CMO at Selligent Marketing Cloud and held marketing leadership roles at Poly and Cisco. In her new post, Hall’s focus will be on all areas of B2B marketing, including demand generation, partner marketing, product marketing, field enablement, branding, corporate communications, analyst relations, channel marketing, marketing analytics and events. “I’m thrilled to have Niki return to the Five9 team given her impressive background in delivering global growth and operational efficiencies for some of tech’s largest and fastest-growing companies,” said Five9 CEO Mike Burkland.
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| Emma York |
Visit Laguna Beach, hires Emma York as director of marketing. York was most recently director of marketing & communications for commercial real estate and development company Burnham Ward Properties. In her new role, she will lead Visit Laguna Beach’s core marketing functions, including creative, visitor marketing strategy, digital marketing initiatives and paid media strategy. “Emma is the right person to help us tell all those stories and uncover the ones that are yet to be discovered so we can grow our relationship with our visitors and community alike,” said Visit Laguna Beach CEO Rachel O’Neill-Cusey.
Raffetto Herman Strategic Communications brings on Jessica Gail, who served as director of communications for Rep. Eric Swalwell, as senior media lead... Prime Therapeutics appoints Katie Payne as chief external affairs officer, a newly created role. She was previously a senior director at APCO... Thunderly promotes Jason Weaver to director of paid media. 
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.
