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| Cara Duckworth |
USTelecom | The Broadband Association appoints Cara Duckworth as SVP—communications. Duckworth most recently served as chief corporate communications officer at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where she was an advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property. Her previous positions include VP at the Association of American Publishers; SVP, communications at the Recording Industry Association of America; and communications director at the Motion Picture Association of America. “Her experience in government and business—working shoulder to shoulder with innovators, creators and policymakers—adds perspective, insights and experience that will serve our members and the broadband community well,” said USTelecom president and CEO Jonathan Spalter.
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| Jesse Dungan |
Infinite promotes VP Jesse Dungan to EVP. Dungan, who joined Infinite in 2011, has also served as AVP and director of media strategy at the firm. As part of Infinite’s crisis team, he has overseen global client accounts, led business development initiatives and provided mentorship to colleagues. In his new role, he will join Infinite’s leadership team, which includes CEO Jamie Diaferia, president Zach Olsen, and global COO Isabel Podda. “This promotion reflects Jesse’s exceptional leadership, dedication to our clients, and unwavering commitment to the success of Infinite,” said Diaferia.
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| James Whitemore |
Indeed, a job matching and hiring platform, appoints James Whitemore as CMO. Whitemore was most recently chief marketing growth officer at cloud integration platform Celigo. He was previously CMO and EVP at data storage provider NetApp, and has also held executive leadership positions at IBM Europe, Intrado and Sun Microsystems Storage Products Group. At Indeed, Whitemore will lead the platform’s global marketing organization, overseeing brand, industry, category, lifecycle, country and field marketing. “James brings a strong track record of helping business customers thrive through innovative, customer-first marketing,” said Indeed chief revenue officer Maggie Hulce.
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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