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| Linda Beltran |
Linda Beltran, who has more than 25 years of mostly hospitality PR experience, has joined Public Relations Society of America as chief communications officer. She succeeds Karen Mateo, who exited the trade group in January.
Most recently, Beltran was VP-corporate communications at Holiday Inn Club Vacations in Orlando.
She also served as corporate communications director at Omni Hotels & Resorts, global PR director at Feld Entertainment for its nine Disney On Ice shows, communications director at Mandarin Oriental DC, PR director at Ritz-Carlton Tokyo, and PR director at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
At PRSA, Beltran will lead strategic communications, brand positioning and stakeholder engagement efforts.
The Society also announced the exit of 18-year veteran chief financial officer Phil Bonaventura.
Lynne Pratt, senior advisor at O’Connell Consulting and ex-CFO at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, has been appointed interim finance & operations leader.
She will lead a comprehensive assessment of PRSA’s operations and financial systems.
Pratt spent 22 years at the JFK Center, and did a four-year run as Mobil Corp’s North American treasurer.
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.
Evan Shenkman, who has 25 years of law firm experience, is now a partner at professional services firm Baretz+Brunelle. He helped design and implement the first generative AI product for legal professionals.
Accenture brings on Emma Chalwin as CMO, effective Oct. 1. Chalwin joins Accenture from Workday, where she also served as CMO, with responsibility for building the brand and driving customer demand in markets around the world... The Vitamin Shoppe appoints Kimberley Gardiner EVP, chief marketing and growth officer. She joins from Tractor Supply Company... Fluent, a provider of commerce media solutions, names Jeanniey Walden as CMO.
