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Spurrier Group, a marketing and media agency with offices in Richmond and Washington, D.C., is partnering with hunger-relief organization FeedMore to develop strategic campaigns to reach targeted audiences about hunger issues and critical food needs in Central Virginia. The collaboration will include media research, strategic planning, channel and media planning, media negotiation and placement of messaging, and evaluation. The majority of these services will be a pro bono offering from Spurrier Group.
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GateHouse Media is teaming up with Richard Gore, former president of live events at the Food Network, to present Flavored Nation℠, an event celebrating the most iconic food from each of the 50 states. Flavored Nation will set up shop Oct. 27-29 in The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, with each dish being presented by the restaurateur or chef who prepares it best. GateHouse’s event production and execution division, GateHouse Live, will be responsible for organizing three stages of custom entertainment in addition to the 50 vendors offering each state’s signature food offering.
Brittany Sullivan, who held the senior VP-executive director of marketing post at Golin, has moved to Burson.
Codeword brings on Melody Brue and Jess Graham as part of a push to bolster its capabilities in market intelligence and commercial strategy... Havas Edge, which specializes in data-driven media, creative and customer acquisition strategies, for health, tech, consumer, retail and financial brands, promotes Pam Caputo to EVP, health media... Rezolve Ai, the London-based developer of Brain Suite, an enterprise AI platform purpose-built for agentic commerce, appoints Michele Fisher as CMO.
Jamie Dowd, who was most recently president of the health practice in the Americas at Weber Shandwick, comes on board at Allison Worldwide as global president, health + wellness, effective June 22.
Burson is bringing on Hanover managing director, Middle East Jonty Summers as head of corporate affairs in Dubai at the end of June... Ridgepost Capital, which had over $45 billion in assets under management as of March 31, names Brian McKenna VP, investor relations, effective June 15... The Center for AI Safety appoints Rochelle Nadhiri as head of public engagement. 
Kieran Mahoney, who founded Mercury Public Affairs more than 27 years ago, has stepped down as CEO and assumed the executive chairman post.
