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| George Cook |
George Cook, who was senior director of state government affairs at Kellanova, has joined General Motors as Midwest regional director of state & local public policy.
Prior to Kellanova, the snacks, international cereal and frozen breakfast foods company spun off from Kellogg Co, Cook was director of legislative affairs for Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Earlier, he did a nine-year stint and exited from Toyota North America as senior manager-general affairs and a three-year run at the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.
At GM, Cook reports to VP state and local public policy Kia Floyd.
Mahen Gunaratna, who was chief strategy advisor and communications director to former New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and deputy communications director for ex-NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, is coming on board at MikeWorldWide as EVP of public affairs.
Jeremy Guterl, a veteran of Ketchum Analytics and Edelman Berland, has joined Ruder Finn as senior VP-research and analytics.
Sukanti Ghosh, who has held senior leadership roles at Albright Stonebridge Group, APCO Worldwide, Barclays and Bank Muscat, is joining ICR as partner, international strategy & markets.
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Wendy Carhart, who rose to the chief communications, culture & purpose post at Real Chemistry, has moved to the Learning Care Group.
