Kelly Stepno, a senior associate for Booz Allen Hamilton, has moved to APCO Worldwide as senior director for crisis management and litigation communication.
Stepno spent five years at Booz with a specialty on data-driven decision making and risk mitigation. She was previously VP and corporate counsel for TMG Strategies in Arlington, the Publicis-owned crisis and reputation firm, where she focused on healthcare and pharmaceutical clients.
She is based in Washington for APCO.

Jonathan Halvorson, a veteran of Mondelez, Twitter and GM, is set to take the CMO post at Kenvue as it faces a Texas lawsuit about the about alleged links between its Tylenol and autism.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has dumped San Francisco-based Prophet, the creative consultant responsible for its disastrous logo and restaurant refresh.
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Cracker Barrel has called in Edelman for crisis work regarding the backlash surrounding its decision to drop the “old timer” leaning on a barrel from its logo.



