 Patrick Clifford |
 Dana Gorman |
Abernathy MacGregor promotes Patrick Clifford, Dana Gorman, Kate Murray and Pat Tucker to managing director. Clifford, who has been with the firm since 2007, provides strategic counsel to leading global investors. Gorman handles mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganizations. Murray, who previously was communications director for the New Orleans City Council, advises companies on public and investor relations. Tucker does hostile transactions and mergers challenged by elected officials for firm clients. “Patrick, Dana, Kate and Pat embody what sets Abernathy MacGregor apart—trusted counsel, the highest quality work and a powerful entrepreneurial spirit,” said firm CEO Tom Johnson.
 Nick Macouiller |
Tunheim brings on Nick Marcouiller as a digital consultant. Previously, he was Minnesota deputy digital director of Hillary for America and began his career on the Obama 2012 campaign, where he supported the team innovating campaign technology by transforming social media audiences into volunteers and small donors. At Tunheim, he will participate in developing strategic campaigns, as well as cultivating relationships with stakeholders and community leaders in the public affairs, corporate and non-profit sectors.
R&J Strategic Communications,Bridgewater, NJ, promotes Maria Bayas to digital account coordinator. Before coming to R&J, Bayas interned at the Rutgers University Career Services office as a marketing assistant and directed the Rutgers University Programming Assn., where she planned and executed events on campus.
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Sterling Corp., conservative issue management and fundraising firm, hires Madalyn Holyfield-Gawronski as senior associate. Holyfield-Gawronskijoins Sterling from the Michigan Department of Transportation, where she focused on legislative issues. Prior to her work at MDOT, she worked for the House Republican Campaign Committee. In her new role, Holyfield-Gawronski will work with fundraising practice senior director Heather Lombardini to support the firm’s fundraising clients, and will provide strategic consulting.
 David Vorland |
Dezenhall Resources, Ltd., Washington-based crisis/issues management shop, enlisted David Vorland as VP. He goes to Dezenhall following eight years at the Pentagon, where he served as a policy advisor in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. “I’m excited to welcome Dave, his defense and public sector expertise will be very valuable to our team and to our clients,” said Eric Dezenhall, CEO.
Nyhus Communications of Seattle tapped Sam Jeffries, VP at Dezenhall, for director duty, with a remit covering public affairs strategy and crisis communications.
Target appoints Mark Weinstein as chief marketing and guest experience officer... Deerfield Group, which works with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, health tech and consumer health companies, appoints Brian Rocks as CFO and Shelby Rauen as head of strategy... Hailstone Strategies, a PR and strategic communications firm for labor unions and workers’ rights organizations, hires LaToya Smith and Andrew Baker as VPs.
Precision Strategies has recruited DGA Group Americas head Adam Cubbage as CEO of the Washington-based firm.
John Flannery, who has more than two decades of
Christine Lewis, who was most recently SVP at Inkhouse, moves to Tier One Partners, where she will be SVP, managing director. 
Dezenhall Resources, a DC-based crisis management and public affairs firm names Jennifer Condon as SVP. Condon joins the firm from America250, the congressionally authorized organization overseeing the United States’ 250th-anniversary commemoration... Thunderly brings on Carlos Cortinas as chief strategy officer, a newly created position... Reputation Advisors International, a global network of senior communications professionals with members in 18 cities across 14 countries, brings on Thiago Vitale, CEO of Brazilian firm TORRE Comunicação e Estratégia, as its newest member. 
