 Kathryn Beiser |
Kathryn Beiser, one-time global chair of Edelman's corporate practice, will join Kaiser Permanente Jan. 8 as senior VP/chief communications officer.
She'll handle internal/external communications, media relations, issues management, media relations and executive visibility for the healthcare provider for nearly 12M people in eight states.
Beiser will serve as communications advisor to CEO Bernard Tyson and "be accountable for the development, maintenance, execution and coordination and measurement of the organization's communication strategy, policies and standards, activities and key messages," according to Kaiser's announcement.
Beiser currently is a senior advisor at APCO Worldwide. Besides Edelman, she was executive VP-corporate communications at Hilton Worldwide and VP-corporate communications at Discover Financial Services.
In her more than 20 year PR career, she did stints at Burson-Marsteller, Golin and Hill+Knowlton Strategies.
Jim Weiss, founder & chairman of Real Chemistry, has joined the board of ICR Inc. as it steps up its healthcare capital markets offering.
Ruder Finn has hired Kelly Yoder, who spent a dozen years at Weber Shandwick rising to North America health lead, as managing director, global head of health & life sciences.
ICR has named John Capodanno head of US healthcare corporate communications and Matthew Willey managing director in its medical technology and diagnostics practice. 
April is National Minority Health Month, spotlighting the urgency to improve health outcomes in communities of color.
In a recent conversation about the evolving media landscape, Doug Simon, CEO of D S Simon Media, spoke with Campbell O’Connor, Group Director, Media & Engagement at Real Chemistry, about how AI is influencing media relations and healthcare communications.
