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| Brooke Worden |
Padilla signs up Brooke Worden as SVP in its corporate strategic advisory practice. Worden joins Padilla from Carmichael Lynch Relate, where she was an EVP. She previously served as president as The Rudin Group and SVP, client experience at Weber Shandwick. A past president of Minnesota PRSA, she has financial service expertise across such sectors as retirement, insurance, banking, tax and fintech. In her new position, based in Minneapolis, Worden will work with clients across the country in multiple industries, providing capital markets communications, crisis and critical issues management, change management, community and social engagement, and communications coaching. “Her extensive agency background and corporate communications skills will be extremely valuable to our clients,” said Padilla president Matt Kucharski.
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| Brad Burns |
CrowdStrike, a computer and network security company, names former Salesforce chief communications officer Brad Burns as CCO. Burns most recently held the CCO spot at Snowflake, which provides access to the AI Data Cloud. He has also served as SVP corporate communications at AT&T. At CrowdStrike, Burns will work to elevate the company's status as the benchmark for modern cybersecurity platforms in addition to collaborating with government organizations to influence global cybersecurity policies. "With Brad's deep experience, we look forward to scaling our impact as a cybersecurity innovator," said CrowdStrike founder and CEO George Kurtz.
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| Ryan Leach |
Variant Investments, an SEC-registered alternative credit investment manager with nearly $3 billion in assets under management, hires Ryan Leach as VP of investor relations. Leach comes to Variant from real estate and development firm The Meridian Group, where he was head of investor relations. He previously held the head of investor relations post at alternative asset manager Legalist. At Variant, Leach will focus on building relationships with institutions and registered investment advisors across the Midwest and Southeast. "Ryan brings deep investor relations expertise and a record of collaboration and results to Variant and is a terrific addition to our growing team," said Variant Investments head of investor relations Ryan Warren.
HUNTER promotes Gigi García Russo to president and Michael Lamp to chief digital & transformation officer.... Cars.com Inc. a car-shopping marketplace, names Sarah Kettler CMO, effective June 15...The Trade Desk, an advertising tech company, appoints Sarah Gavin as CMO and EVP.
Brittany Sullivan, who held the senior VP-executive director of marketing post at Golin, has moved to Burson.
Codeword brings on Melody Brue and Jess Graham as part of a push to bolster its capabilities in market intelligence and commercial strategy... Havas Edge, which specializes in data-driven media, creative and customer acquisition strategies, for health, tech, consumer, retail and financial brands, promotes Pam Caputo to EVP, health media... Rezolve Ai, the London-based developer of Brain Suite, an enterprise AI platform purpose-built for agentic commerce, appoints Michele Fisher as CMO.
Jamie Dowd, who was most recently president of the health practice in the Americas at Weber Shandwick, comes on board at Allison Worldwide as global president, health + wellness, effective June 22.
Burson is bringing on Hanover managing director, Middle East Jonty Summers as head of corporate affairs in Dubai at the end of June... Ridgepost Capital, which had over $45 billion in assets under management as of March 31, names Brian McKenna VP, investor relations, effective June 15... The Center for AI Safety appoints Rochelle Nadhiri as head of public engagement. 
