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| Hannah Wong |
Open AI promotes Hannah Wong to chief communications officer. Wong has been with the company since 2021, most recently serving as VP, communications and before that as head of public relations. She was previously at Apple as senior PR manager for Apple Pay, Apple Card and iCloud and spent five years at Edelman, working with the Xbox LIVE, Charles Schwab and Twitter accounts. According to a report in Axios, Wong will continue to report to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, overseeing media relations, internal communications, strategic messaging, events, brand design, social media, community and talent partnerships.
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| Ashley Gordon |
Mower hires Ashley Gordon as SVP, connections planning. Gordon most recently worked as a freelance consultant, partnering with both startups and large corporations. She has also held leadership positions at gyro, Mindshare and Dagger. Overseeing Mower’s connections planning department for integrated media, she will lead the agency’s media and performance marketing teams. She’ll also work to elevate its paid media capabilities for clients across areas including energy & sustainability, B2B, healthcare, financial services, travel & tourism, building & construction, and transportation & logistics. “Her career exemplifies our shared value to ‘always raise the bar,’ and her expertise aligns perfectly with Mower's commitment to meeting our clients’ evolving needs,” said Mower presient and CEO Stephanie Crockett.
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| Meagen Eisenberg |
Samsara, developer of the Connected Operations Cloud, which lets businesses harness Internet of Things data to develop actionable insights and improve their operations, names Meagen Eisenberg as CMO, effective Aug. 28. Eisenberg was most recently CMO at cloud security company Lacework, and she has also held the CMO spot at MongoDB and TripActions. "Meagen’s deep industry expertise and understanding of our customers and market dynamics will be invaluable as we continue to push the boundaries of innovation,” said Samsara CEO and co-founder Sanjit Biswas. “I’m confident that her vision will help us forge even stronger connections with our customers and expand our presence in the market.”
Lionsgate, which brings together diversified motion picture and television production and distribution businesses, promotes Laurel Pecchia to SVP, corporate communications... Anonymous Content, a New York-based film production and management company, recruits former Showtime/MTV executive vice president Liza Burnett Fefferman as chief communications and marketing officer, a newly created position... Legacy Motor Club brings on Ryan Grab as VP, marketing and communications.
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.
