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| (L-R) Amanda Finney, Betsy Ralston |
Avoq has recruited Amanda Finney, who was PA director at the Dept. of Energy, as a VP in its New York office.
As part of the reputation management team, she will handle strategic communications, PA, media relations and digital outreach.
Finney also was chief of staff and special assistant to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
She joined the Biden/Harris administration from Sidewalk Labs, where Finney worked as associate director of policy & communications at the Alphabet unit. She also held marketing & communications posts at Microsoft.
Washington-based Avoq also hired Betsy Ralston as VP & group creative director in New York.
She was executive creative director at Omnicom’s Organic agency, and creative director at WPP’s VML.
Avoq CEO Nicole Cornish said her firm is gaining momentum in New York as clients seeks access to senior executives with crisis, reputation and creative experience.
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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