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| Kenny Gold |
Edelman appoints Kenny Gold as global chief creator officer, a newly created role. Gold comes to Edelman from Deloitte Digital, where he was managing director and head of social and creator, developing a differentiated offering that combined consulting, creativity and creator-led marketing. He was previously executive director of social media at Grey Group and has held senior posts at Burson-Marsteller (now Burson) and McCann. In his new post, Gold will lead Edelman Creator globally, advancing the firm’s creator capabilities and further integrating creator with social, paid and performance. “Creator has become one of the most important drivers of growth, relevance, opinion and business impact for brands today, and clients are increasingly looking for creator-led ideas and solutions across creative, social, paid and performance,” said Edelman president, integrated solutions & delivery Tristan Roy. “Kenny brings a rare combination of strategic vision, operational expertise and deep understanding of culture and platforms.”
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| Anthony Oni |
Georgia Power, which provides energy to over 2.8 million residential and business customers across Georgia, hires Anthony Oni as VP of corporate affairs. Oni was most recently managing partner at Energy Impact Partners, where he led the Elevate Future Fund, a more than $100 million investment strategy focused on advancing grid modernization, utility transformation and critical energy infrastructure. Before that, he spent nearly 20 years at Southern Company, holding senior leadership roles at both Alabama Power and Southern Company Gas. At Georgia Power, Oni will lead the company’s overall communications function, including media relations, social and digital media, branding and advertising and employee communications. “Anthony brings a combination of deep utility experience, innovation leadership and credibility across communications, brand and stakeholder engagement to his new leadership role at Georgia Power,” said Georgia Power SVP of external affairs Trey Kilpatrick.
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| Stephanie Loch |
Shift•ology, which works with clients in sectors including agriculture, healthcare, energy and education, brings on Stephanie Loch to head up its agriculture practice. Loch joins the agency rom Curious Plot where she served national agricultural brands. In her new role, she will lead and manage the agriculture account are. Shift•ology founder and CEO Melanie Wilt said that Loch will “allow us to keep delivering high-quality experiences and strategic communication for our agriculture and food client base.” The agency was ranked No. 8 nationally in agricultural PR on the 2025 and 2026 O’Dwyer’s lists of top PR firms.
maslansky + partners, a specialist consultancy within Omnicom Public Relations, names founding partner Keith Yazmir president of the firm... The National Football League Players Association names Matt Taylor chief communications officer, effective Sept. 8... Repay Holdings Corporation, a provider of bill payment solutions, appoints Charles Nabhan as head of investor relations.
Bospar hires veteran technology, cybersecurity and healthcare sector journalist and content creator Doug Olenick as tech and healthcare content director... The Huntington National Bank appoints Ameesh Vakharia as EVP and chief marketing and digital products officer, a newly created role... SDA International, a Honolulu-based strategic communications firm, promotes Cassie Kim to SVP. 
Burson Brussels chief client officer Ruud Wassen has moved to Consello to open its outpost in the headquarters city of NATO and the European Union.
Reputation Advisors International adds Newick Consulting founder Peter Thomas as its newest member. Based in Abu Dhabi, Thomas has more than 35 years of experience advising major global clients on reputation issues... TruePoint appoints April Steinbach, who has held senior creative posts at BBDO and McCann Worldgroup, as creative director....Athene, a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management that focuses on retirement solutions, names Brett Gibson EVP and head of investor relations. Gibson comes to Athene from JP Morgan Securities.
Stellantis names Stephanie Hartgrove chief communications officer. Hartgrove joins Stellantis from Johnson & Johnson, where she was global vice president of MedTech communications and public affairs... FINN Partners appoints Kim Sizemore as head of integrated media. Sizemore joins FINN from Wieden+Kennedy... Lucid Group, which makes software-defined vehicles and technologies, names Angela Zepeda as Vice President, Global Marketing. Zepeda was most recently global head of marketing at Elon Musk's xAI. 
