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| Amy Palladino |
Racepoint Global brings on Amy Palladino to oversee its newly launched RPG Prism employee communications and change management services as EVP, strategic services. Palladino joins RPG from management consulting company Gartner, where she served as VP, communications‑research & advisory. She was previously managing director, people & change at FTI Consulting and senior director of corporate communications at Heineken. In her new role, Palladino will work to help C-suite executives, human resources and communications leaders handle a rapidly changing workplace. “Amy Palladino is an accomplished communications practitioner who has partnered with some of the world’s most recognized brands to help them keep their employees informed and inspired through major business transformations,” said RPG president Bob Osmond. “RPG clients and teams will benefit from Amy’s experience and leadership.”
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| Courtney Goldstein |
Vail Resorts names Courtney Goldstein as EVP and CMO, effective April 29. Goldstein comes to Vail Resorts from Comcast, where she spent over a decade, most recently serving as SVP, consumer marketing. Before that, she held a range of executive posts at American Express, including VP, consumer card acquisition & customer marketing strategy. At Vail Resorts, Goldstein will lead the business, data and analytics, and digital experience for the company's Epic Pass subscription model in addition to marketing for its portfolio of destinations, the company's new My Epic Gear membership business, and its rental, retail, and ski and ride school businesses. "Courtney has a proven track record of growing subscription business models by leveraging data and technology," said Vail Resorts CEO Kirsten Lynch.
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| Meagan Jackman |
The Harkey Group, a Phoenix-based holding company of agencies, promotes Meagan Jackman to president. Jackman previously served as president of O.H. Partners, one of the company’s portfolio of agencies, as well as CMO of the holding company. Before joining O.H., she ran her own agency, Jackman Group Marketing & Communications. In her new role, Jackman will oversee The Harkey Group’s five agencies and identify acquisitions and other expansion opportunities. "Meagan's exceptional leadership and strategic acumen have been invaluable to the success of our holding company,” said The Harkey Group founder and CEO Scott Harkey. Succeeding Jackman as O.H. Partners president is The Harkey Group COO Todd Sommers, who before coming to the company in 2023 was managing director, integrated marketing at Allison.
DGA Group has added Hilton alum Jonas Neihardt as a senior advisor to bolster its hospitality, travel and tourism offering.
Ed Harnaga, who most recently served as SVP, chief marketing and communications officer at Pfizer, joins Vantage Data Centers, which provides hyperscale data center campuses, in the chief marketing and communications officer spot.
Lucas Public Affairs, a Sacramento-based firm, adds Sallie Poggi, who has worked at both FleishmanHillard and APCO, as a VP. Most recently, Poggi was chief communications officer at the University of the Pacific... Allied Universal, a security and facility services company, brings on Melissa Butler as VP of communications. She was at Burson... Talk Shop Media, a firm that operates in Canada and the U.S., specializing in PR, corporate communications and social media, promotes Stuart Martin to managing director of its U.S West Coast operations.
The Estée Lauder Companies names Madeleine Boyd SVP, global brand communications. Most recently, she served as global SVP, beauty & wellness at Together Group... Cohen & Steers, a global investment manager specializing in real assets and alternative income, names Erik Schneberger as EVP, chief marketing officer... CooperVision, a contact lens company, brings on former Bayer VP Brenda Raphael as VO of marketing, Americas.
Edelman names United Entertainment Group CEO Jarrod Moses as vice chairman. Moses will continue in his role at UEG... Burson brings on Matthew Wagner, who was most recently global client relationship manager and energy sector lead at Edelman, as EVP and global client leader... The Key PR appoints Jodi Maroney as principal. Maroney joins the agency after a 25-year run at Access Brand Communications.
