 Michael Heinley |
Heinley joins the agency from online health publisher WebMD, where he was VP of corporate communications. Prior to that he was a corporate communications VP at Johnson & Johnson, where he was responsible for that multinational pharmaceutical company’s employee engagement and CEO communications. He was also formerly a senior director of corporate communications at Merck & Co, and held an account supervisor role at Hill & Knowlton.
Heinley is charged with coordinating global professional development efforts for Finn Partners’ Health Practice throughout the agency’s 14 offices. He’ll work with managing partner and global health practice head Gil Bashe and will report to health practice senior partner Kristie Kuhl.
Finn Partners in October also named Arielle Bernstein Pinsof a partner in the agency’s health practice.
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.
