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| Sarita Woerner |
Empower, which provides retirement services and wealth management, appoints Sangita Woerner as CMO. Woerner joins the company from Alaska Airlines, where she was SVP of marketing. Before that, she served as a VP at Starbucks, leading strategy, positioning and innovation for its global coffee portfolio. In her new role, Woerner will lead Empower’s marketing strategy, focusing on enhancing brand visibility, accelerating multi-channel marketing initiatives and strengthening customer engagement. “Her strategic vision, coupled with her ability to build and manage high-performing teams and foster customer-centric innovation, aligns perfectly with our mission,” said Empower president and CEO Edmund F. Murphy III.
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| Alex Kisling |
The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a bipartisan, nonprofit policy research organization, promotes Alex Kisling to CCO. Kisling has been the organization’s VP of communications since 2022. Before that he was director of strategic communications at the Atlantic Council. Kisling has also served as a principal at Kivvit (now Avoq) and a policy advisor at public affairs firm Public Strategies Washington. In his new position, he will drive integrated communications strategies to deepen CSIS’s impact across defense and security, economic security and technology, geopolitics, and global development. “Alex is a remarkable leader and a respected colleague,” said CSIS president and CEO John Hamre. “He has built an excellent team, and everyone in the center respects his professional advice and steady guidance.”
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| (L-R) Roxanne White, Brantley Doyle |
Billion Dollar Boy, a social agency that works on influencer marketing campaigns, hires Roxanne White as senior creative director and Brantley Doyle as senior director of project management. White most recently ran her own consultancy, Roxanne White Studio. She has also served as VP, creative and content strategy at Viral Nation, and has held senior creative posts at OLIVER Agency, Kaplow and Macy’s. In her new position, White will work to further shape and grow the agency’s creative offering, lead the US creative team, and oversee creative direction for US client work. Doyle comes to Billon Dollar Boy from Ogilvy, where he was director of project management. At Billion Dollar Boy, he oversees its portfolio of projects, strengthens and streamlines workflows, drives cross-functional collaboration, and ensures the successful delivery of high-impact campaigns and initiatives.
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. 
Sotheby’s brings on Christie’s global head of communications Natasha Le Bel to serve as chief communications officer.
The U.S. Green Building Council, developer of the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating system, names David Purcell CMO, leading the organization’s marketing and communications... Capital V Strategies, a strategic communications and advisory firm, names Andy Dueñas to lead its newly launched Transactions & IPO Communications division... Haven Tower Group, which works with clients in the wealth management space, appoints Stephen Langlois to its board of advisors. Langlois is currently managing principal of Seaport Consulting Partners. 
