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| Stacy Skelly |
The Beer Institute, the oldest national trade organization representing the beer industry, hires former The Reis Group SVP Stacy Skelly as VP of strategic communications. Before joining The Reis Group in 2021, Skelly was VP, corporate affairs at Pearson. She also ran her own firm, Skelly Communications, which specialized in education and healthcare clients. “Stacy’s impressive background in public affairs, from mounting national public relations campaigns to countless interactions with media, will be a boon to the association, our members and the wellbeing of America’s favorite alcohol beverage,” said The Beer Institute president and CEO Brian Crawford.
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| Radhika Duggal |
Major League Soccer names Radhika Duggal as SVP and CMO for MLS and Soccer United Marketing. Duggal comes to MLS from fintech and ecommerce company Super.com, where she served as CMO. She previously held senior marketing posts at Chase, CommonBond.co and Pfizer. In her new role, Duggal will serve on the senior executive team at the League Office, lead the creation of MLS’ marketing strategy and programs, and drive the continued growth of the League’s global fanbase. “Radhika is a thoughtful, innovative, and forward-thinking executive with experience building best-in-class marketing organizations in diverse industries,” said MLS EVP Camilo Durana.
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| Michael Innocetin |
Omni Hotels & Resorts brings on Michael Innocentin as CMO. Before coming to Omni, Innocentin was SVP, commercial projects at Fairmont Hotels. He has also held various leadership positions at Accor (which took over the Fairmont chain in 2016), including SVP of marketing, North America; and VP, e-commerce & digital, North America. At Omni, Innocentin will oversee the planning, development and execution of all brand marketing initiatives, including advertising, public relations, social media, the website, and digital campaigns. He will also direct Omni’s customer engagement and Select Guest Loyalty programs. “With his extensive background in hospitality sales and marketing, he brings a wealth of experience and amazing ideas that I know will help us elevate our marketing to a new level,” said Omni chief commercial officer Jeff Doane. “I'm particularly excited about his enthusiasm for creating unique, data driven campaigns that will truly reflect our brand’s personality and drive revenue growth.”
Stagwell has named Lena Petersen, a veteran of MediaLink, Starcom MediaVest and Leo Burnett, chief brand and communications officer.
Carrie Healey has joined the National Association of Broadcasters as VP communications. Most recently, she was program lead at Purple Strategies.
HAVAS Red names Adeena Fried EVP health & wellness, based in New York... Genius Sports Limited, a provider of real-time sports data, names Tony Marlow as CMO... Deerfield Group, which works with clients in the healthcare and life sciences sectors, promotes Bill Veltre to chief media officer... The Public Affairs Council brings on Monica Day as senior manager in its political affairs practice, Deanna Wisniewski as senior manager of communications and Sam Kasner as manager of events. 
Imre names Paulina De la Riva chief strategy officer. De la Riva joins the agency from Ogilvy Health, where she most recently served as EVP, strategy for North America... FNK IR, a strategic investor relations firm focused on smaller cap companies, brings on Greg McKinley as director, investor relations... Bear Icebox Communications, a Chicago-based firm, promotes Sean Wille to VP, strategy + operations... Abode Worldwide, a specialist firmthat works across hotels, short-term rentals and the wider serviced living sectors, appoints Kerry Wilson as chief operating officer.
Method Communications names Lexy King SVP to head up the agency’s new corporate communications specialist group... Five9, provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, appoints Jay Lee as chief marketing and growth officer... Sundial Media & Technology Group, which is the parent company of such brands as ESSENCE and Refinery29, appoints Amanda Butler as CMO.
