 Kristin Bleier |
McGrath/Power hired Kristin Bleier as VP and Jill Hamilton as people, culture and operations manager. Bleier’s agency experience includes NetApp, Allison+Partners and The Hoffman Agency. She has run global integrated communications programs for both enterprise and consumer clients, such as Samsung Mobile, Plantronics and HP. At McGrath/Power, she will be responsible for leading account teams and driving new business and development, as well as overall agency management. Hamilton joins McGrath/Power from Naehas, a content management platform company, where she was the first human resources professional hired to build the department, establish process and policies, and work with the CEO on various strategic HR initiatives. “Each of them has already made positive impacts on our agency culture and client programs, and I look forward to seeing what great things are to come,” said Jonathan Bloom, McGrath/Power CEO and founding partner.
 Natalie Svider |
Wedbush Securities promoted Natalie Svider from VP of PR to senior VP and marketing director. In addition, Millie Khoe has been promoted from meetings and events manager to vp, marketing and corporate events director. Svider joined Wedbush in 2016 after running her own consultancy practice. Previously, she was a senior account supervisor at Ruder Finn, and began her public relations career as an executive assistant to the head of television publicity at Warner Bros. In her new role, Svider will oversee the marketing department, along with her continued role in public relations. Svider and Khoe are based at the Wedbush Los Angeles headquarters. “Natalie and Millie have extensive careers built on success,” said Wedbush executive vp and chief administrative officer Don Hultgren. “I am confident that the marketing team is under great leadership.”
 Julie Shafiki |
Safe-T, a Herzliya, Israel-based provider of software-defined access solutions for the hybrid cloud, named Julie Shafiki chief marketing officer. Shafiki comes to Safe-T from security policy orchestration company Tufin®, where she was vp marketing. She has also served as associate vp of global public relations at Comverse, global director of marketing & communications for Lumenis and director of corporate communications at PowerDsine. At Safe-T, her responsibilities will include messaging and branding; public and analyst relations; product, channel, digital and field marketing; and lead generation initiatives. “I look forward to building on Safe-T's growth momentum and crafting marketing programs to reach businesses that want to secure their critical data without compromising efficiency," Shafiki said.
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.
Highwire names Kelly Losko as CFO. Losko joins the agency from OLIVER Agency, where she was CFO, North America... TCW, a Los-Angeles based financial services company, brings on Lindsay DeLarme as global head of marketing & communications. DeLarme previously spent 13 years at Oaktree Capital, most recently serving as head of marketing and communications... o9 Solutions, developer of the “Digital Brain,” names Adriel Sanchez CMO, a newly created position at the company. 
HUNTER promotes Gigi García Russo to president and Michael Lamp to chief digital & transformation officer.... Cars.com Inc. a car-shopping marketplace, names Sarah Kettler CMO, effective June 15...The Trade Desk, an advertising tech company, appoints Sarah Gavin as CMO and EVP.
Brittany Sullivan, who held the senior VP-executive director of marketing post at Golin, has moved to Burson.
