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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.
Ryan Cudney, who rose to general manager of Edelman’s Pacific Northwest group in a 12-year run at the No. 1 independent PR firm, will join Boeing on July 31 as VP.
The City of Minneapolis hires Adam Fetcher as its first chief communications officer. He's held PR posts at Rivian, Patagonia, New Belgium Brewing and Lyft... Pomona College names Eric Abelev as its new CCO, effective July 23... DrivePath Advisors, a business advisory firm that works with companies in the energy industry, brings on Alix Steel as a principal. 
The Estée Lauder Companies names Nestlé vet Aude Gandon chief digital & marketing officer, a newly created role, effective August 1... Big Group, a creative marketing agency with offices in London, Amsterdam, Bath and Dubai, appoints Martin Kelly as group CEO and Justin Bulley as managing director in London... Angel City Football Club, a National Women’s Soccer League team based in Los Angeles, tabs Julia Victor to serve as CMO, a new role... iSpot, a cross-platform TV & video ad measurement company, brings on Craig Ziegler as chief product officer. 
Dan Meyers, who did a seven year stint at APCO, exiting as deputy manager director of its DC office, has joined Teneo as managing director in its Washington office.
ICR appoints BlackRock's Gabriel Hasson as global head of governance & shareholder advisory... MMGY Global hires Amazon's Oksana Kovalenko as chief human resources officer... NVG, a lobbying, strategy and policy advocacy firm, names Santiago Gonzalez as VP... Seven Letter brings on Ashley Smith as senior director of paid media at Seven Letter Labs, the shop's ad/creative services arm.
