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| Michael Byrnes |
Highwire PR brings on Michael Byrnes as managing director of health. Byrnes was most recently general manager, Boston, for Weber Shandwick after serving as an SVP in its corporate healthcare practice. Before that he was a VP at Matter Communications, partnering with B2B technology, healthcare and consumer brands. At Highwire, Byrnes will scale the agency’s portfolio and explore strategic additions, while fostering talent and serving as a senior counselor to clients and teams. “Michael’s experience at the intersection of health and innovation makes him an invaluable partner to our practice as both our clients and our employees lean into this new era of healthcare storytelling,” said Highwire PR principal and co-founder Emily Borders.
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| Ben Martin |
Steinreich Communications Group appoints Ben Martin as VP and general manager of its New Jersey office. For more than a decade, Martin served in a variety of roles at Winning Strategies Public Relations and its successor agency, EFK Group, including VP of client services. He previously was the communications manager and director of marketing for Saint Clare’s Health System. In his new role, he will work with the account staff in Steinreich’s NJ headquarters on strategy, training as well as overseeing its public affairs clients. “Ben’s reputation as an outstanding mentor and strategist will both benefit our team and clients. Additionally, his experience in public affairs and healthcare are important skills that will help us grow those practice areas in particular,” said Steinreich Communications Group president and CEO Stan Steinreich.
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| Randy Littleson |
Salesloft, which provides an AI-powered global revenue workflow platform, names Randy Littleson as its CMO. Littleson was previously CMO at software company Conga and at NICE inContact, a cloud call center operator. At Salesloft, he will head Salesloft’s global marketing to help drive the company’s global expansion and establish it as the category leader. “Randy’s experience working with high-growth, market-leading software companies through maturation – with many of them more than doubling in size during his tenure – uniquely positions him to drive continuous innovation, collaboration, and improvement for our industry-leading solution,” said Salesloft CEO David Obrand.
Tim Turpin, who led the venture capital and emerging technologies practices at Sparkpr during a more than 16-year run, has joined CodePR, a boutique shop focused on the VC arena.
Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery’s still-unnamed new sports joint venture has recruited SiriusXM SVP of communications Jessica Casano-Antonellis to head up its communications... State Street Corporation names Elizabeth Lynn EVP and global head of investor relations... Tailwind Nutrition, a sports nutrition specialist, hires Kristen Flemington as VP of marketing. 
Casey Hernandez, who rose to the senior VP for global corporate communications post at Herbalife, has joined Seven Letter strategic communications shop in its DC office.
James Byrne, a former New York Police Department detective who led the executive communications team for commissioner Edward Caban, will join the Secret Service on May 20.
Signal Group promotes Julian Graham to director and Vinny Sheu to director of creative content... Bevel appoints Libbie Wilcox as director of its New York office and lead of its alternative asset practice... Feldman Strategies names Chloe Barr communications manager. She was at Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis.
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