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| Jay Cooney |
Nissan appoints Jay Cooney as VP, regional communications, Nissan Americas, effective March 30. Cooney comes to Nissan from environmental solutions company Enviri, where he was chief communications and marketing officer. He previously held senior communications leadership roles at PepsiCo, Ford, General Motors, and DaimlerChrysler. His experience encompasses corporate, financial, brand and crisis communications. Cooney succeeds Brian Brockman, who is moving into a leadership role within Nissan's global communications organization. "Jay is a leader who brings clarity, discipline, and momentum to a communications function," said Nissan Americas chairman Christian Meunier. "His judgment and experience will help us continue to move with greater focus and impact across the region.”
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| Glen Fellman |
Stratacomm names Glen Fellman creative director. Fellman has held senior creative roles at such agencies as Clean, Koroberi and French/West/Vaughan, leading multidisciplinary teams and delivering branding and advertising work for clients across automotive, health and wellness, financial services, tourism and CPG/beverage. At Stratacomm, Fellman will partner closely with the agency’s client leadership, strategy, paid media and video production teams. "Glen brings strong creative instincts and a grounded approach to leadership,” said Bill Buff, chief executive officer. “He understands that creativity isn't the end goal—it's the engine that turns insights into powerful creative work that changes minds and drives action for our clients.”
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| Will Courtney |
Crossroads Strategies, a bipartisan government relations firm, brings on Will Courtney as EVP. Courtney previously served as chief of staff to Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN), senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee. In that role, he worked closely with Ways and Means leadership, House Republican Conference leaders, and committee staff on tax, banking, trade and broader economic policy. At Crossroads, Courtney will advise clients including companies, trade associations and coalitions on congressional strategy, federal tax and financial services policy. “Will understands both the policy substance and the political strategy that determine outcomes on Capitol Hill,” said Crossroads Strategies CEO Mathew Lapinski. “That insight will be invaluable to our clients.”
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.
Method Communications names Lexy King SVP to head up the agency’s new corporate communications specialist group... Five9, provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, appoints Jay Lee as chief marketing and growth officer... Sundial Media & Technology Group, which is the parent company of such brands as ESSENCE and Refinery29, appoints Amanda Butler as CMO.
