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| Kathy Kiely |
FINN Partners brings on Kathy Kiely as senior partner. Kiely has been president of The Ad Club of New England since 2004. Before that, she served as a managing partner and creative director at Arnold Advertising and launched the Boston office of Deutsch Advertising. In her new role, she will focus on building new client relationships, focusing particularly on companies with a strong presence on the East Coast. Kiely reports to founding managing partner Noah Finn, who also heads FINN’s 350-person Global Integrated Marketing group. “Increasingly, business leaders need a single full-spectrum integrated marketing agency with a fast and flexible operational model that can take on any challenge,” Finn said. “Kathy will build relationships with clients looking for FINN Partners to bring them a competitive advantage.”
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| Ashwin Somakumar |
Instawork, a flexible work platform for skilled hourly professionals, hires Ashwin Somakumar as VP of marketing. Somakumar was most recently head of product and growth marketing at Square, where he helped launch and scale successful financial services products for small businesses. He previously led product marketing and growth for merchant payments at instant messaging service WhatsApp, and spent five years working on pricing strategy and product marketing at OpenTable. "Ashwin’s wealth of experience will allow us to strategically align across the teams that build our pipeline, create brand awareness, and provide data insights that enable us to lead the conversation around flexible work,” said Instawork co-founder and CEO Sumir Meghani.
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| Michelle Suzuki |
Glassbox, which develops digital experience analytics for web and mobile applications, appoints Michelle Suzuki as CMO. Suzuki was most recently SVP, head of marketing at e-learning provider Instructure. Before that, she was CMO at software developer RizePoint. At Glassbox, Suzuki will be tasked with driving new growth opportunities for the company, mirroring its mission to empower organizations to deliver superior digital customer experiences. She will also lead initiatives to continue bringing Autonomous CX solutions to the market. "Michelle's extensive experience in global strategic marketing, coupled with her passion for innovation and commitment to driving exceptional customer experiences, make her the ideal leader to spearhead our marketing efforts as we continue to grow and expand our footprint in the digital analytics space," said Glassbox CEO Yaron Morgenstern.
Horizon Family Brands, which includes Horizon Organic and Wallaby Organic yogurt, hires Andrew Springate as CMO... Wake Tech, a Raleigh, NC community college that serves over 70000 adults annually, brings on Lisa Marie Ferrell, who previously led North America communications at Lenovo, as VP of communications and marketing... Golin brings on executive creative director Meg Farquhar in Chicago, and EVPs of strategy Tom Howells (Western Region) and Martin Coomber (New York). 
Franz Paasche, who was most recently EVP for public affairs and communications at Columbia University, will join Verizon as EVP, corporate affairs, effective Nov. 10.
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.
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.
