April Dang
April Dang

Crosswind Media & Public Relations promotes April Dang to general manager. Dang has served as the agency’s manager of operations for the past five years, and before that she spent 20 years in global finance and banking. In her new role, April Dang will assume management responsibilities for all agency operations, manage project execution, direct team performance across the company's Texas offices, and monitor financial strategies and profitability. "April Dang has brought to our agency extensive experience in sales, marketing, recruitment, credit underwriting and auditing,” said Crosswind founder and CEO Thomas Graham. Her skills quickly made us a tooled and capable world-class competitor and helped us land key contracts in public relations and marketing.”

Aly Nesson
Aly Nesson

Stratacomm LLC, a DC-based integrated communications agency operating in 15 states, hires Aly Nesson as director of people and culture. Nesson joins the agency from Double, a company that leverages AI technology to provide remote assistants for executive support, where she served as head of people. She was previously director of human resources for social good software company Bonterra Tech. Nessan is also a seasoned mergers and acquisitions professional, committed to advancing DEI, and experienced in culture development and integration. “She understands both business and people and her approach perfectly aligns with our focus on scaling up the agency while staying true to our bedrock company values,” said Stratacomm managing partner John Fitzpatrick.

Leslie Olsen
Leslie Olsen

Ontra, which provides AI-powered legal technology solutions for private capital investment firms, brings on Leslie Olsen as CMO. Before joining Ontra, Leslie was global chief marketing officer at C2FO, an on-demand working capital platform, where she led a global rebrand, launched multiple product lines, and built and scaled the enterprise ABM program. She previously led marketing teams at Fundbox and Medrio. At Ontra, Olsen will oversee strategic marketing for the company’s Legal Operating System, which leverages artificial intelligence to automate critical legal workflows across fundraising, portfolio investment, and fund operations. “Leslie has an impressive track record of leading and developing talented marketing teams for high-growth companies,” said Ontra CEO and founder Troy Pospisil. “She deeply understands both the art and science of effective marketing and knows how to pair customer empathy with data-driven insights to deliver outstanding results.”