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| (L-R) Annie Moore, Mark Emerson |
Dezenhall Resources promotes Annie Moore and Mark Emerson to vice president. Moore was previously senior director of digital at the agency, specializing in digital strategy, coalition building and public affairs campaigns. She was also founder of Activate Strategies. Emerson, most recently a senior director, assists clients with communications, internal alignment and organizational planning. Before coming to Dezenhall, he was operations and marketing manager at Toronto-based Proof Strategies. Dezenhall has also promoted Kaci Donegan to director, Nathaniel Beach to senior advisor, and Helen Taylor to advisor. “Recognizing these colleagues reflects both their outstanding work and Dezenhall’s momentum,” said president Josh Culling.
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| Dani Cushion |
Teads, a cloud-based advertising platform, names Dani Cushion as CMO. Cushion previously led global marketing and communications at ad tech platform Innovid. She has also held the CMO spot at ExecOnline and Cardlytics, as well as serving as senior manager, partner marketing at Sirius XM. In her new position, Cushion will be responsible for the company’s brand, communications, and go-to-market strategy, with a mandate to support growth for advertisers, agencies and publishers. “Dani has a proven ability to translate complex industry dynamics across CTV and the open internet into actionable marketing strategies that drive real business results,” said Teads CEO David Kostman.
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| Genefa Murphy |
JFrog, a software company, appoints former Hewlett Packard Enterprise global VP of corporate marketing and communications Genefa Murphy as CMO. Murphy was most recently chief marketing & content officer at Udemy, an AI-powered skills development platform. She has also been CMO at Five9 and SVP & CMO at Micro Focus. Murphy will oversee JFrog’s global marketing organization from its U.S. headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. “Genefa’s proven ability to accelerate growth will be instrumental as we leap forward," said JFrog CEO and co-founder Shlomi Ben Haim.
Sarah Knakmuhs, who formerly led H/Advisors Abernathy’s DC office, is joining the Financial Services Forum as chief communications and strategy officer.
Brian Hughes, chief of staff at NASA, has joined Mercury Public Affairs as a partner in its Tallahassee office.
Narrative Strategies brings on Stacia Tipton as managing director... Prosek Partners promotes Deirdre Bolton, Josh Clarkson and Jon Schwartz to partner... YAP Global, an international digital assets PR firm, promotes Otto Jacobsson, who has served as CFO of the firm since 2020, to CEO. 
Cindy Leggett-Flynn, who most recently led communications at Credit Suisse, is coming on board at Swiss multinational private bank and wealth management firm Julius Baer Group as group head of communications.
The Pollack Group brings on John Cheng as creative director and Daniel Chou as director of digital strategy... Baretz+Brunelle, an advisory firm that works with legal industry businesses, brings on Daniel Gilfarb, as a senior managing director in its talent practice.... Prophet names Mat Zucker, who has served as interim CMO for the past two years, to the full-time CMO position.
