GSG Names Hootkin & Papa Partners

Jasculca Terman Strategic Communications promotes Jessica Smith to CEO and managing partner, and Lauren Foley to chief operating officer and managing partner... Civitas Public Affairs Group brings on Ana Guerrero as a principal in its LA office and Sasha Ahuja as a director in the New York office.... Acorns, a financial services app, appoints Kasia Leyden as CMO.

Ankler Media, which covers the entertainment industry, hires Washington Post senior communications coordinator Simone Flournoy as communications manager... McAfee Corp. appoints former Condé Nast EVP marketing, research and analytics Stephanie Fried as VP and CMO... The National Restaurant Association names Leslie Nagao CMO. 

DGA Group has hired tax policy pro Aaron Taylor as a partner in its US government relations practice.

Leidar has tapped Meghan Tisinger, who has more than 18 years of strategic communications and crisis experience, head of its US operations.

Avenue Z brings on Whitney Hart as chief strategy officer. She was executive director at digital-art platform Feral File... Ruder Finn hires Ilana Shenitzer as EVP, brand experience and head of consumer goods... LDPR, which works with travel and lifestyle clients, appoints Danielle Rienas as VP – Miami... Radiant Logic, an identity data platform, appoints Sam Erdheim as head of marketing.