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| Lauren Tomlinson |
Cornerstone brings on Lauren Tomlinson as a principal on its public affairs team. Tomlinson joins Cornerstone after co-founding Steer PR, a national security-focused public affairs firm, and running her own company, Claffey Communications. Before founding Claffey Communications, Tomlinson was deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, managing the department’s strategic communications. She has also served as communications director and spokeswoman for Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee and the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security. In addition to her corporate and political communications experience, Tomlinson serves as an on-camera commentator for Bloomberg, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. “We are so fortunate to have a senior communicator like Lauren with her unique and diverse background in government, corporate and consulting settings,” said Cornerstone president Campbell Kaufman.
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| Scott Thompson |
CG Life names Scott Thompson as CFO. Thompson was most recently CFO and executive team member of BBJ La Tavola, a rental service company for luxury event accessories. In his new position, he will oversee CG Life's financial operations and play a key leadership role in shaping business strategy. . “He brings a forward-looking mindset to the role and the entire executive team looks forward to working with him on a financial strategy as we advance our vision in serving biopharma clients and meet our long-term objectives,” said CG Life CEO David Ormesher.
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| Whitney Hayes |
Meyocks, a branding and marketing agency, hires Whitney Hayes as senior marketing research analyst. Hayes was previously a senior research analyst at Elevate, a climate action nonprofit. At Meyocks, she is responsible for deepening the agency’s survey research and marketing analytics capabilities to inform and shape data-driven marketing strategies. “Whitney’s experience sits at the intersection of data and storytelling. We are all very impressed with her ability to both design powerful primary research methods and integrate context from a variety of first-party and second-party sources to uncover meaningful insights,” said Meyocks CEO and president Kelly Ferguson.
Wendy Carhart, who rose to the chief communications, culture & purpose post at Real Chemistry, has moved to the Learning Care Group.
ICR names Sukanti Ghosh as partner, international strategy & markets. Ghosh was most recently president of global policy & communications at Vedanta Resources Limited, one of ICR’s largest international clients... August promotes Scott Deveau to senior managing director... Milk & Honey PR, a UK-based firm, brings on Mollie Starr as partner and head of Milk & Honey North America.
Jeff Reczek, who most recently served as director of CDC Washington at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, is coming on board as a partner at bipartisan health care firm TDY @ FGS Global.
Narrative Strategies brings on Christina Cameron and Jessica Stallone as senior directors... CI&T, a global technology transformation specialist, appoints Sarah Painter as SVP, marketing for EMEA... Avenue Z promotes Annie Zeigler to associate director, based in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
Accenture promotes Rachel Frey to CCO, a newly created role at the company... AMD, a multinational semiconductor company, recruits Salesforce president and CMO Ariel Kelman to serve as its SVP and CMO... L.C. Williams & Associates, which is celebrating 40 years in business, brings Maria Balice back to the firm as EVP to lead its corporate affairs work.
