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Sharp Communications named Laura Mortensen president. Mortensen joined Sharp in 2011 as digital director and helped launch the firm’s social media practice. In 2014, she was named partner of the firm. Before coming to Sharp, Mortensen was digital strategist at Ogilvy Public Relations and senior digital strategist at MWWPR. "Laura and I have been working very closely together for many years, and I am incredibly impressed by her strategic acumen as well as her knowledge and insight in the digital world,” said Sharp founder and CEO James Sharp Brodsky.
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Sphere Consulting brought Patrick Fleming as a VP. He'll be working on transportation, financial services, aerospace and defense issues, in addition to some international work, according to the firm. Previously a senior policy adviser to former Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), Fleming worked as director of transition after President Trump nominated Pompeo to lead the CIA. He is also a former aide to Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), who chairs the Freedom Caucus. Mahmood Abu-Rubieh, a recent George Washington University graduate, is joining Sphere as an associate.
Lambert, Edwards & Associates promoted Heather Lombardini to senior director, Sawyer Lipari to director and Valerie Pesonen to senior associate. Lombardini joined the Sterling Corporation, a division of LE&A, in 2015 and currently manages the firm’s fundraising practice, handling everything from event planning and campaign strategy to donor relations and PAC solicitation. Lipari leads a number of the firm’s public relations efforts, marketing initiatives and communication strategies. Pesonen provides day-to-day account support for clients by assisting in product launches, coordinating and managing events, conceptualizing media outreach strategies and forming relationships with key contacts.
Veteran tech writer and editor Meakin Armstrong is coming on board at San Francisco's Bospar, building upon the agency's proprietary generative engine optimization platform Audit*E.
WPP Production hires John Paulson as managing director, New York. Paulson previously served as global president of Deluxe Entertainment... CORE IR, which provides investor relations, public relations and digital communications for healthcare companies, brings on Bruce Voss as managing director, investor relations... Carve Communications appoints Julie Stern as VP. Stern was most recently EVP at Brillant PR & Marketing... Seismic, which provides AI-powered enablement options for revenue teams, names Rob Pinkerton as CMO. Pinkerton joins the company from Oracle.
Mike Doyle, who did a five-year stint as CEO of Ketchum, has joined Brunswick Group in New York as a partner.
Mission North names Danny Maiello as the agency’s first chief corporate affairs officer. He's a veteran of Highwire, Dentsu, BCW Global, PwC, FleishmanHillard and CNN... DCI brings on Dan Savickas as a director on its strategic alliances team... Reputation Advisors International adds Sharon Koh, founder of Singapore-based boutique advisory firm The Brand Imprint, as its newest member.
The National Association of Corporate Directors has named Brunswick Group veteran Mohamed Younis senior VP of content.
