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| Brian Besanceney |
Golin brings on former Boeing CCO Brian Besanceney as a senior advisor in its corporate affairs practice. Besanceney has also served as SVP & CCO at Walmart; SVP, public affairs at the Walt Disney Company; and held several planning and public affairs posts in the George W. Bush administration. He also served as board chairman at Orlando Health, a healthcare system with $12B of assets under management. At Golin, he will advise clients on reputation management, crisis communications, geopolitical complexity, digital transformation, and executive positioning strategies. " Brian's proven ability to evolve and uplevel communications functions for some of the world's most scrutinized organizations makes him an invaluable advisor to our clients and teams,” said Golin chairman Ellen Ryan Mardiks.
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| Smita Wadhawan |
Constant Contact, which provides digital marketing tools for small businesses and nonprofits, hires Smita Wadhawan as CMO. Wadhawan was previously CMO at SimplePractice, a healthcare practice management software company. She has also served as head of SMB growth marketing at GoDaddy and director of global product marketing at PayPal. In her new post, Wadhawan will oversee all aspects of marketing, including brand, customer acquisition, lifecycle marketing, product marketing, and partner marketing. "Smita stood out as a marketing leader with a rare combination of strategic depth and operational excellence, especially when it comes to understanding and connecting with small businesses," said Constant Contact CEO Frank Vella.
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| Alex Wolf |
Broadsheet Communications promotes Alex Wolf to serve as managing director of Broadsheet Intelligence, its new strategic advisory unit. Wolf was previously VP of strategy and principal analyst at the firm. He has also served as director of communications at health, wellness and fitness company Drip Drop Inc. “He combines sharp analytical rigor with an instinct for clear, compelling narrative, exactly what this new division is designed to deliver,” said Broadsheet Communications founder and CEO Ben Billingsley.
Seven Letter hires Allie Raffa, who was most recently White House correspondent for NBC News, as a senior director... Points of Light, an organization founded by President George H.W. Bush that is dedicated to volunteer service, names Jeff Zanelli as CMO... Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company, appoints Nora Shepard as VP of communications.
Alcoa has named Emily Olson, who has more than 20 years of experience working in capital-intensive industries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, EVP & chief external affairs officer, effective April 6.
Longacre Square Partners has named Humza Vanderman partner and head of its London outpost as the financial communications firm expands into Europe.
FGS Global adds former Pfizer EVP and chief corporate affairs officer Sally Susman to its global executive board as an independent member, effective April 1... Codeword brings on Kim Baffi, who was previously Salesforce VP and creative director, as executive creative director... Amperity, an AI-powered customer data cloud, appoints Bridget Perry as CMO.
MOIA America, a Volkswagen Group of America subsidiary that develops and tests autonomous, all-electric ride-pooling vehicles, names Marcus Gamo head of U.S. communications... Continental Strategy brings on Francisco Petrirena as VP in its Miami office. Petrirena was previously chief of staff to former Miami city manager Art Noriega... MSQ Sport + Entertainment brings on Lauren Weil as EVP, Max Hirsch as VP of sponsorship, and Brooke Losee as VP.
