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| Kate Cronin |
Medtronic Diabetes appoints Moderna's Kate Cronin as CMO. She joins the company from Moderna, where she was chief brand officer, overseeing reputation, communications and enterprise strategy. Before that, Cronin was at Ogilvy for 17 years, ultimately serving as global CEO of its Ogilvy Health unit. She has also been a partner at Porter Novelli. In her new post, Cronin will be responsible for driving growth, brand leadership and customer engagement.
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| Steph Lund |
MSQ Sport + Entertainment names Steph Lund as CEO of its North America practice. Lund was most recently CEO at M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment. Before that, she was SVP at The Fader / Cornerstone. In her new post, Lund will work alongside MSQ managing partners Paul Anastasiadis and Andrea Nirsimloo, who led M&C Saatchi with her. “It is Steph’s tenacity and drive in knowing how to run a high-performing agency, matched with her outstanding specialist experience that adds real value to clients and our people, that gives us great confidence we can build scale in the US. It is a real coup to have her on board,” said MSQ Sport + Entertainment founders Steve Martin and Jamie Wynne-Morgan.
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| Annie Starke |
The National Confectioners Association brings on Annie Starke as VP of government affairs. Lange was most recently senior director of federal affairs for the Washington, D.C.-based Beer Institute, where she worked on tax, trade, agricultural and nutrition policy. She previously held roles at legal firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck and worked on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act at the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means. At NCA, Lange will focus on NCA’s public policy agenda for the $54 billion U.S. confectionery industry. “Annie’s deep understanding of the policy landscape and experience in government affairs uniquely positions her to advance the confectionery industry’s standing with key stakeholders in a significant way,” said NCA president and CEO John Downs.
Brittney Basden, who led public affairs and advocacy partnerships at the Washington Post has joined Bully Pulpit International as a managing director.
The DUX Group, a Washington, D.C.-based strategic communications firm that works with leaders in highly regulated industries, names Lauren Boland as VP... Workday, an enterprise AI platform for HR, finance and IT, names Sarah Kennedy Ellis CMO, effective Oct. 5. Kennedy Ellis joins the company from Google... Octave Specialty Group, a global specialty insurance firm, brings on Philip Stefano as managing director, head of investor relations. 
Michele Ziosi will rejoin Stellantis on Oct. 1 as chief PA officer responsible for Enlarged Europe and for the global coordination of the carmaker’s PA activities.
Inizio, which works with clients in the health and life sciences sectors, appoints Oisín Ó Gógáin as chief people officer... The Boston Beer Company names Allison Stransky CMO, effective Oct. 12. Stransky was previuosly VP and CMO at Samsung Electronics America... Newark Regional Business Partnership and its 501(c)(3) affiliate, the Renaissance Newark Foundation, bring on Kim Lewis-Collins as VP, marketing and business development, a newly created role. 
Carmichael Lynch president and manager Julie Batliner is joining Padilla as president, succeeding Matt Kuchariski. Kucharski will transition to a fractional role with the agency as an executive counselor through the end of the year.
