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| (L-R) Pheniece Jones, Christiaan Brown |
Raffetto Herman Strategic Communications hires Pheniece Jones as a principal consultant and Christiaan Brown as SVP. Jones joins RH Strategic from the Curley Company, where she was VP and head of media. She has also served as director of media relations at the Professional Services Council and held senior positions at Edelman and Ketchum. Brown was most recently VP of corporate communications and brand at healthcare solutions platform Accolade. He was previously an EVP at both Weber Shandwick and Edelman. “Christiaan will bring his experience in global agencies as a strategic counselor and agency leader, and experience as an in-house executive, to RH Strategic clients and team as we invest in our next phase of growth,” said RH Strategic CEO John Raffetto. “Likewise, Pheniece will add more creative storytelling and media relations expertise to our bench, drawing on her many years of agency and in-house experience.”
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| Scott Love |
Mission North brings on Scott Love as SVP to lead its financial services practice. Love was most recently an SVP at We Communications. He has also served as SVP at FleishmanHillard and VP at MSLGROUP. He has worked with both consumer and enterprise financial technology brands, including PayPal, BillMeLater, Capital One, Ingenico Group, ACI Worldwide and LifeLock. "Bringing Scott onto our leadership team marks an important step in the growth of our Financial Services practice. His deep expertise, client-first mindset and wry sense of humor make him a natural fit for our team and our ambitions," said Mission North co-CEO Tyler Perry.
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| Sharon Lubrano |
Gordian, a platform that helps builders optimize capital investments, improve project performance and minimize long-term operating expenses, appoints Sharon Lubrano as CMO. Lubrano was most recently CMO at Litmos, which provides corporate learning management solutions. She has also held general management and product leadership roles at ProQuest and LexisNexis. At Gordian, Lubrano will lead the company’s global marketing organization, overseeing brand strategy, integrated campaigns, marketing operations and go-to-market execution. “Her expertise in driving strategic initiatives and building market leadership will be instrumental in accelerating our progress toward realizing Gordian’s strategic vision,” said Gordian president Kris Gorriaran.
Kelli Parsons, CEO of Hill & Knowlton, will take the helm of Avoq on February 1.
FGS Global has recruited Susan Ho, a veteran of Standard Chartered Bank and Brunswick Group, for the Asia chair position, a newly created post. 
Cognito appoints Felice Tobin managing director of its New York business. She was most recently general manager for Cognito Asia and managing director of its Hong Kong office... Spectrio, a company that provides digital signage, interactive kiosks, audience measurement and in-store media, brings on Steve Gilbert as VP of marketing... Hart, a Toledo, OH-based brand transformation agency, promotes Marc Paulenich from president to CEO. 
Jonathan Heppner, deputy communications director for New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, has joined SKDK as senior VP.
Clean Tomorrow, which promotes policies aimed at furthering the growth and innovation of clean energy, names Jordan Gallagher as chief operations officer... LaForce promotes Shauna Solum to EVP, a newly created, cross-agency role... Ubisoft, a gaming company, names Valentine Piedelievre-Eman as chief communications officer, effective Feb. 2.
