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| Jane Slusark |
MetLife appoints Jane Slusark as CCO, effective June 9. Slusark was most recently VP, head of global communications at Principal Financial Group. Before that, she was media relations director at DuPont Pioneer and communications director for former Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA). In her new role, Slusark will oversee MetLife’s global communications strategy, including internal and external communications and media relations. “She has a proven track record of building trust and deepening engagement, which will be instrumental as we continue to enhance our reputation with customers, employees, and communities around the world,” said MetLife CMO Michael Roberts.
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| Ian Bailey |
Northwest Bank brings on former Abercrombie & Fitch VP, head of communications and PR Ian Bailey as head of external communications. Bailey has also served as SVP, global head of communications and community at QVC and EVP & general manager, New York at Hill+Knowlton Strategies. At Northwest Bank, he will lead all aspects of external communications, including establishing its external communications function and expanding the function’s capabilities as a component of the bank’s growth strategy. "His depth and breadth of experience, including working with organizations through periods of significant change and growth, will be an asset to Northwest as we work towards our long-term strategic growth objectives," said Northwest Bank chief marketing and communications officer Devin Cygnar.
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| (L-R) Kyle Taylor, Kara Fesolovich |
Moxie Strategies hires Kyle Taylor as VP, research & analytics, and Kara Fesolovich as principal, client management. Taylor most recently served as director, insights & strategic planning at Avōq, and was previously insights principal at Kivvit. He was also regional organizing director on Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign in North Carolina. Fesolovich was previously deputy communications director for New York governor Kathy Hochul and worked in Sen. Michael Bennet’s (D-CO) DC office. The agency has also hired Marian Zambrano as senior designer and Sarah Jane Merritt as special projects & executive associate.
Karina Lubell, who spent more than six years in the Justice Dept.’s antitrust unit as chief of the competition policy & advocacy section, will join Brunswick Group as a partner in DC on Sept. 2.
SKDK has elevated partner Mike Morey to the newly created president post to manage the firm’s acquisition & growth strategy along with the integration of its brands.
Rumble, the video-sharing cloud platform that hosts Truth Social, brings on Zoom's Ben Torres Ezrick as CMO... Solace, a company that helps enterprises adopt AI, hires Paul Fitzpatrick as chief marketing and business development... Versant, the recent Comcast spinoff that includes MSNBC, CNBC and other cable networks, has named Frank Tanki as CMO for entertainment and sports, and tabs Tom Clendenin to head marketing efforts for CNBC and MSNBC. 
Sabrina Singh, who was deputy press secretary at the Department of Defense, joins Seven Letter as a partner in its public affairs practice.
Reddit hires Molson Coors' Adam Collins as its first chief communications officer... LIMELIGHT, which works with professional services, legal services, technology and B2B companies, names Amy Hanan as chief growth officer... FranklinCovey, a coaching company, appoints Dariusz Paczuski as CMO.
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