 Michelle Bamford |
Travel and economic development PR powerhouse Development Counsellors International has hired Michelle Bamford to lead its Toronto office.
Bamford joins DCI from the Walt Disney Company, where she served as marketing and communications manager at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Canada. Prior to that she was an account supervisor at J. Walter Thompson and a senior account executive at DDB Canada.
In her new post, Bamford will oversee the DCI's marketing communication programs and the implementation of campaigns for travel destination clients in Canada’s English and French-speaking markets.
DCI in 2015 accounted for more than $9.6 million in net fees, according to O’Dwyer’s rankings of PR firms, revealing six percent year-over-year growth from 2014. The New York-based agency maintains additional offices in Denver and Los Angeles.
Brittney Basden, who led public affairs and advocacy partnerships at the Washington Post has joined Bully Pulpit International as a managing director.
The DUX Group, a Washington, D.C.-based strategic communications firm that works with leaders in highly regulated industries, names Lauren Boland as VP... Workday, an enterprise AI platform for HR, finance and IT, names Sarah Kennedy Ellis CMO, effective Oct. 5. Kennedy Ellis joins the company from Google... Octave Specialty Group, a global specialty insurance firm, brings on Philip Stefano as managing director, head of investor relations. 
Michele Ziosi will rejoin Stellantis on Oct. 1 as chief PA officer responsible for Enlarged Europe and for the global coordination of the carmaker’s PA activities.
Inizio, which works with clients in the health and life sciences sectors, appoints Oisín Ó Gógáin as chief people officer... The Boston Beer Company names Allison Stransky CMO, effective Oct. 12. Stransky was previuosly VP and CMO at Samsung Electronics America... Newark Regional Business Partnership and its 501(c)(3) affiliate, the Renaissance Newark Foundation, bring on Kim Lewis-Collins as VP, marketing and business development, a newly created role. 
Carmichael Lynch president and manager Julie Batliner is joining Padilla as president, succeeding Matt Kuchariski. Kucharski will transition to a fractional role with the agency as an executive counselor through the end of the year.
