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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.
Lionsgate, which brings together diversified motion picture and television production and distribution businesses, promotes Laurel Pecchia to SVP, corporate communications... Anonymous Content, a New York-based film production and management company, recruits former Showtime/MTV executive vice president Liza Burnett Fefferman as chief communications and marketing officer, a newly created position... Legacy Motor Club brings on Ryan Grab as VP, marketing and communications.
Stagwell has named Lena Petersen, a veteran of MediaLink, Starcom MediaVest and Leo Burnett, chief brand and communications officer.
Carrie Healey has joined the National Association of Broadcasters as VP communications. Most recently, she was program lead at Purple Strategies.
HAVAS Red names Adeena Fried EVP health & wellness, based in New York... Genius Sports Limited, a provider of real-time sports data, names Tony Marlow as CMO... Deerfield Group, which works with clients in the healthcare and life sciences sectors, promotes Bill Veltre to chief media officer... The Public Affairs Council brings on Monica Day as senior manager in its political affairs practice, Deanna Wisniewski as senior manager of communications and Sam Kasner as manager of events. 
Imre names Paulina De la Riva chief strategy officer. De la Riva joins the agency from Ogilvy Health, where she most recently served as EVP, strategy for North America... FNK IR, a strategic investor relations firm focused on smaller cap companies, brings on Greg McKinley as director, investor relations... Bear Icebox Communications, a Chicago-based firm, promotes Sean Wille to VP, strategy + operations... Abode Worldwide, a specialist firmthat works across hotels, short-term rentals and the wider serviced living sectors, appoints Kerry Wilson as chief operating officer.
