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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.
Hotwire Global appoints Burson global chief digital & intelligence officer Grant Toups as global CEO, effective in January.
Bader Rutter, which works with clients in the agriculture, food, beverage and pet care sectors, appoints Demar Anderson as CMO... Acceleration Community of Companies appoints Michael Moschella to lead its new insights division, ACC Intelligence... Luminate, a London-based shop focused on infrastructure and energy sectors, hires Osman Dervish as director—head of development... The Alpine Group promotes Alison Graab to principal from SVP.
Ballard Partners has hired Bernice Glenn Kissinger, who has focused on military and national security issues across the Indo-Pacific region, as partner and head of its new Honolulu office.
PAN appoints Zareen Fidlon as head of AI innovation, expanding her current role as SVP of integrated marketing... Alison Brod Marketing & Communications hires Ariel Moses as an SVP on its lifestyle team... Stratacomm names Kara Frank SVP and has appointed her to the firm’s executive leadership team... Nickerson promotes Alyssa Jewell to associate director, PR & communications, and Olivia Leese to associate director, design & brand.
FGS Global partner Jason Miner has joined TLG strategic communications and stakeholder engagement shop as a managing partner.
