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Business Roundtable is bringing on Martin Hall as senior VP and chief of staff to CEO Joshua Bolten. Hall will oversee member relations and the execution of the Business Roundtable CEO quarterly meetings, as well as assisting in formulating, planning, and implementing the Business Roundtable agenda. He joins Business Roundtable from FirstEnergy Corporation, where he was VP, energy Policy and federal affairs. Hall was chief of staff at the White House Council on Environmental Quality from 2006-2009 and deputy staff director for the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. “A leader in the areas of energy and the environment, Marty will bring his experience at the highest levels of the private and public sectors to Business Roundtable,” said Bolten.
 Christine Cordova |
Focus Media has hired Christine Cordova as a PR manager. Cordova comes to Focus from Delta Children Enterprise, where she was PR & social media manager. Before that, she was a social editor at XO Group, which owns the wedding brand The Knot, as well as its sister brands, The Bump and The Nest. At Focus, Cordova will assist clients in such areas as copywriting, graphic design and social media strategy. “Christine brings a breadth of editorial and digital marketing knowledge, and we’re excited to welcome her to the Focus Media team,” said FM CEO Josh Sommers. “Her established relationships with New York City media are a huge asset to the agency and its clients as we continue to grow.”
 Josh Rosenzweig |
Gay social network Hornet has made several additions to its sales and marketing team. Josh Rosenzweig will join Hornet as director of marketing, with Jillian Rendace and Sam Sim Morgan leading U.S. sales efforts on the east and west coasts, respectively. Rosenzweig has supervised production at Viacom, and led original programming and integrated marketing as well as acquisition and business development for Here Media. Rendace comes to Hornet from IPG Mediabrands, where she was AD, client advice and management. She has also held executive positions at Condé Nast, Viacom and AMC Networks. Before coming to Hornet, Morgan was video sales director at Pride Media. She has also worked at Participant Media and Viacom. "As we begin the new year, we're thrilled to expand our sales and marketing team to meet the large and growing advertiser demand for our community and cutting-edge technology," said Hornet SVP of global sales Matthew Adam Smith. "The diverse expertise that Josh, Jillian and Sam bring is a differentiator in Hornet's ability to deliver the innovative, effective solutions that our brand partners demand."
maslansky + partners, a specialist consultancy within Omnicom Public Relations, names founding partner Keith Yazmir president of the firm... The National Football League Players Association names Matt Taylor chief communications officer, effective Sept. 8... Repay Holdings Corporation, a provider of bill payment solutions, appoints Charles Nabhan as head of investor relations.
Bospar hires veteran technology, cybersecurity and healthcare sector journalist and content creator Doug Olenick as tech and healthcare content director... The Huntington National Bank appoints Ameesh Vakharia as EVP and chief marketing and digital products officer, a newly created role... SDA International, a Honolulu-based strategic communications firm, promotes Cassie Kim to SVP. 
Burson Brussels chief client officer Ruud Wassen has moved to Consello to open its outpost in the headquarters city of NATO and the European Union.
Reputation Advisors International adds Newick Consulting founder Peter Thomas as its newest member. Based in Abu Dhabi, Thomas has more than 35 years of experience advising major global clients on reputation issues... TruePoint appoints April Steinbach, who has held senior creative posts at BBDO and McCann Worldgroup, as creative director....Athene, a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management that focuses on retirement solutions, names Brett Gibson EVP and head of investor relations. Gibson comes to Athene from JP Morgan Securities.
Stellantis names Stephanie Hartgrove chief communications officer. Hartgrove joins Stellantis from Johnson & Johnson, where she was global vice president of MedTech communications and public affairs... FINN Partners appoints Kim Sizemore as head of integrated media. Sizemore joins FINN from Wieden+Kennedy... Lucid Group, which makes software-defined vehicles and technologies, names Angela Zepeda as Vice President, Global Marketing. Zepeda was most recently global head of marketing at Elon Musk's xAI. 
