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| Anna Störmer |
The World Health Summit, an international platform for global health, brings on Anna Störmer as communications director. Störmer comes to the organization from Bauer Media Group, where she most recently served as head of communications, global publishing and chief communications officer, Germany. In her new post, Störmer is tasked with enhancing the visibility and recognition of the World Health Summit and strengthening the understanding of global health issues among policymakers, the scientific community, the private sector, and civil society. “She is a recognized expert in all areas of communication, change management, as well as corporate and brand communications,” said World Health Summit CEO Carsten Schicker. “Together with her, we will continue to develop the World Health Summit as the leading multisectoral platform for global health.”
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| George Farthing |
RLF Communications hires George Farthing as senior communications manager, based in its Raleigh office. Farthing joins RLF from Lenovo, where he most recently served as senior communications manager for the company’s North America international sales organization. Before Lenovo, he held roles at SAS, Capstrat and the March of Dimes. At RLF, Farthing will leverage his experience in corporate communications, strategic planning and stakeholder engagement to support client campaigns. “George brings a unique combination of creativity, strategic insight and proven results to RLF Communications,” said RLF founder and CEO Monty Hagler.
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| Kelly Cheng |
Goldcast, an AI-powered B2B video content platform, promotes Kelly Cheng to CMO. Cheng has been with Goldcast since 2021, most recently serving as VP of marketing. She previously held senior positions at video hosting platform Wistia, software intelligence company Dyntrace and digital operations management platform PagerDuty. “Her strategic vision and execution have elevated our brand, and I am excited to see how she will continue not only to propel our marketing efforts to new heights but to be a pivotal voice shaping the future of B2B marketing,” said Goldcast CEO and co-founder Palash Soni. The company has also promoted Lauren Creedon to chief product officer.
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.
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.
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).
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.
