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| Kevin Cook |
DGA Group brings on Kevin Cook, who was most recently president of Edelman’s Chicago office, as a senior advisor. At Edelman, he served as senior lead for client strategy development as well as global team and program integration, and senior management and C-suite counsel. At DGA he will deliver counsel aimed at helping clients navigate complexity, safeguard reputation, and achieve long-term success. “He knows how to guide companies through high-stakes moments and will deepen our ability to help clients protect and strengthen their reputations,” said DGA partner and lead of its Complex Communications Advisory practice in the US Ryan Toohey.
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| Matt Gould |
MAD Global Strategy adds Matt Gould to its government relations team as SVP. Gould was most recently campaign manager for Jon Bramnick in his bid for the Republican nomination for governor of New Jersey. He previously held several positions with the New Jersey Assembly Republicans, including public affairs director, senior legislative adviser, deputy budget director and policy adviser. “From running statewide campaigns to serving as one of the top staffers in the Assembly Minority office, Matt is incredibly well-respected, hardworking, and loyal,” said MAD Global founder and CEO Mike DuHaime. “I have no doubt he’ll add value to our communications and government relations teams and help our clients succeed.”
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| Patrick Reynolds |
Solutions by Text, which develops next-gen compliance-first conversational commerce solutions, names Patrick Reynolds as CMO. Reynolds was most recently CMO at customer data platform BlueConic. Before that, he was SVP, data and services at Mastercard following its acquisition of SessionM, where he held the CMO position. At Solutions by Text, Reynolds will lead the company’s strategic marketing initiatives, driving brand acceleration, revenue performance, and establishing market leadership. "Patrick's experience scaling high-growth SaaS organizations, and uniting teams around a shared strategic vision, made him the clear choice to lead our marketing organization," said Solutions by Text CEO Dave Baxter.
Chelsey Thomas, who was a VP at Booz Allen Hamilton and a professional staff member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, is joining defense technology company AEVEX as VP of government affairs.
Finn Partners has named Fahlgren Mortine veteran Marty McDonald as managing partner and head of its new Columbus office.
The Next Solutions Group names Michelle Agnew as VP, reputation and issues management. Agnew joins NSG from The Coca-Cola Company, where she was director of strategic communications... Nebius, which works with startups and enterprises building AI products, agents and services, appoints Lindsey Irvine as CMO... Zeta Global, an intelligent AI infrastructure company, names Leah Pope CMO and Candace Dean chief communications officer.
SiriusXM recruits Paramount Pictures EVP, global communications Jenny Tartikoff to serve as SVP and head of communications, effective August 10.
West of Fairfax, which is in Los Angeles, appoints Scott Mallone as president. Mallone joins the agency from SHFT Labs... Codeword ups Brandon Carter to SVP, head of strategy... JOTO PR Disruptors names Nick Westcott head of establishment, working to improve coordination across departments, and helping each part of the agency operate with greater clarity, consistency and readiness for scale. 
