 Bryan Miller |
Fenton named Bryan Miller managing director of its San Francisco office. Before joining Fenton, Miller was senior VP of public policy at solar electricity provider Sunrun and president of The Alliance for Solar Choice. He also worked as a fundraiser and grassroots organizer in President Bill Clinton’s 1996 re-election campaign, and served as senior counsel at the U.S. Department of Energy during the Obama Administration. In addition to leading Fenton’s Bay Area office, Miller will also be a member of the agency’s Executive Team.
 Ann Berchtold |
Olive Creative Strategies (formerly Olive PR Solutions) hired Ann Berchtold as director of marketing and development. She comes to Olive from SixteenFifty Creative Intelligence, where she was a senior account executive. Berchtold was also the founder and executive director of the Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair, which was established in 2009. Berchtold’s hiring comes as Olive expands its services to include graphic design and asset building, digital marketing, traditional marketing and internal and external communications.
 Chris Harihar |
Crenshaw Communications tapped technology practice director Chris Harihar as company partner. Harihar, who started at Crenshaw as an account supervisor in 2012 after holding positions at M Booth and Morris + King, oversees a diverse group of accounts ranging from startups to established media and technology brands. As an agency partner he will continue to manage high-profile programs for B2B technology clients in addition to supporting Crenshaw’s brand marketing in the tech sector. “Chris is an enormously talented PR and communications professional, and his contribution to the quality of our work and the success of our agency has been dramatic,” said agency CEO Dorothy Crenshaw.
Chelsey Thomas, who was a VP at Booz Allen Hamilton and a professional staff member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, is joining defense technology company AEVEX as VP of government affairs.
Finn Partners has named Fahlgren Mortine veteran Marty McDonald as managing partner and head of its new Columbus office.
The Next Solutions Group names Michelle Agnew as VP, reputation and issues management. Agnew joins NSG from The Coca-Cola Company, where she was director of strategic communications... Nebius, which works with startups and enterprises building AI products, agents and services, appoints Lindsey Irvine as CMO... Zeta Global, an intelligent AI infrastructure company, names Leah Pope CMO and Candace Dean chief communications officer.
SiriusXM recruits Paramount Pictures EVP, global communications Jenny Tartikoff to serve as SVP and head of communications, effective August 10.
West of Fairfax, which is in Los Angeles, appoints Scott Mallone as president. Mallone joins the agency from SHFT Labs... Codeword ups Brandon Carter to SVP, head of strategy... JOTO PR Disruptors names Nick Westcott head of establishment, working to improve coordination across departments, and helping each part of the agency operate with greater clarity, consistency and readiness for scale. 
