The Grapevine: VP Hires

June 2006 Archive

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June 23, 2006

Company: Tyco

Hired: Joan Wainwright as Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications

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June 19, 2006

Company: Creative Partners, Stamford, Conn.

Hired: John Meagel as VP of the newly firmed educational marketing group.

Company: Creative Partners, Stamford, Conn.

Hired: Price Carter as VP in the consumer marketing group

Company: Landau PR, Cleveland

Hired: Stephen Schechter as VP, strategic planning 

Company: National Investor Relations Institute

Hired: Nancy Humphries, a retired IR executive from Bell South, as CEO-elect and President of the National Investor Relations Institute, effective July 7th. 

Company: Pierpont Communications, Houston

Hired: Terry Hemeyer as Senior Counsel 

Company: Weber Shandwick, Chicago

Hired: Adam Keats as VP, web relations 

Company: Engage PR, Alameda, CA

Promoted: Jeannette Bitz to VP

Company: Fleishman Hillard

Promoted: Melissa Schoeb extending her responsibilities from head of the San Diego office to Southern California General Manager in charge of Los Angeles as well. Schoeb is relocating to LA and reporting to Curt Kundred, President, Western region. 

Company: Landau PR, Cleveland

Promoted: Laura Scharf to VP 

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June 18, 2006

ACQUISITION: CarryOn Communications, Inc. acquired Kaplan & Associates. Kaplan & Associates specializes in branding, marketing communications and product launches. Principal Tali Kaplan joins CarryOn as Senior Vice President

MERGER: Davies joins Lumin Collaborative - Davies, a Public Affairs consulting firm HQ’d in Santa Barbara has joined Lumin Collaborative, a three year old think tank

Company: Audi of America

Hire: Jeff Kuhlman as Chief Communications Officer

Company: Brodeur, Hong Kong

Hire: Rick Allen as President of the firm’s Asia operation

Company: Dow Chemical

Rehire: Patti Temple Rocks as VP of Global Communications and Reputation. She will lead corporate reputation and branding strategy, including advertising and PR.

Company: Edelman

Hire: Rosa Alonso as SVP to oversee Edelman Multicultural, the former unit known as Edelman Diversity Solutions

Company: Edelman

Rehire: Latraviette Smith as VP to head the African American Group

Company: Edelman, Atlanta

Hire: Andrea Falls as Sr. VP of Consumer Brands and to head the office’s consumer practice

Company: Financial Relations Board, LA

Hire: Mary Jensen as a VP in the Real Estate unit

Company: Fleishman-Hillard, Europe

Hire: Carlos Lareau ex BM in a senior international role (no title available) to expand the Middle East and Africa markets.

Company: Fox Searchlight, LA

Hire: Michelle Hooper as Sr.VP of national publicity and promotions for the film unit

Company: Golin Harris, Chicago

Hire: Greg Sendi as Executive VP and Director of its Corporate practice

Company: Haggar Clothing Co., NYC

Hire: Rebecca Maticko, VP, PR.

Company: Ketchum

Hires: Major appointments: Ketchum added two new senior partners to its executive committee (for a total of 11) and named 7 new partners.

The two new Senior Partners of the firm who serve on the Executive Committee are: Jon Higgins, senior partner/chief executive officer, Europe; Rob Lorfink, senior partner/chief financial officer. The new members of the executive committee are: David Gallagher, partner/general manager, London; Paul Rand, partner/global chief development and innovation officer. The seven new Partners are: Serena De Morgan, Managing Director, London; Linda Eatherton, Executive Vice President, Director Global Food & Nutrition Practice; Denise Kaufmann, Senior Vice President/Global Account Director; Avril Lee, Managing Director, Europe Healthcare; Mark Malinowski, Senior Vice President, Director of Brand Marketing, New York; Scott Proper, Senior Vice President, Associate Director, New York; Kelley Skoloda, Director, Global Brand Marketing Practice.

Company: Kinros Gold Corp, Toronto

Hire: James Toccacelli as Senior Vice President of Communications

Company: MWW Group, NJ

Hire: Peter Warrick as SVP, corporate communications practice

Company: MWW Group, NYC

Hire: Brian Sinderson to head technology and business marketing groups (job title not confirmed)

Company: Ogilvy PR Worldwide

Hire: Michael Durand as Managing Director healthcare strategy and planning. He reports to Kate Cronin, managing director of Ogilvy’s global practice

Company: Slack Barshinger, Chicago

Hire: Michell Damica as VP, PR

Company: Sloane & Co.

Hire: Emily Porro as VP

Company: Sloane & Co., NY

Hire: Jessica Lipman as VP

Company: Weber Shandwick, Toronto

Hire: Kerry Harris as EVP and GM of the office. She also oversees the firm’s Calgary and Vancouver operations

Company: Widmeyer Communications, DC

Hire: Patrick Brady as VP focused on healthcare and public affairs

Company: Carmichael Lynch Spong, Minneapolis

Promoted: Maria Reitan partner and head of the “marketing to women” special services group

Company: Ketchum

Promoted: Susan Newberry in DC to Director of the healthcare practice.

Company: Ketchum

Promoted: Nancy Hicks to Associate Director of Ketchum’s North America healthcare practice and Managing Director of its DC healthcare unit. Ketchum also promoted Susan Newberry in DC to Director of the healthcare practice.

Company: Michael Kaminer PR, NYC

Promoted: Patrick Kowalczyk president after 10 years as VP, succeeding founder Michael Kaminer

Company: Weber Shandwick, Cambridge, MA

Promoted: 3 to VP: Peter Mancusi, Lisa Pintchman and Patty Stone

Company: Foster Wheeler, Clinton, NJ

Promoted: Kevin Hagan to VP, Investor Relations

Company: WPP’s Young & Rubicam

Promoted: Hamish McLennan Young & Rubican CEO; McLennan is chief of Australia/New Zealand

Company: Foster Wheeler, Clinton, NJ

Promoted: Kevin Hagan to VP, Investor Relations

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June 7, 2006

ACQUISITION: Edelman, San Mateo, CA acquired A&R Partners.  Bob Angus will serve as President of the unit, A&R Edelman supervised by Pam Talbot, US CEO. Pam Pollace heads Edelman’s technology practice and will move into the San Mateo offices.

NEW FIRM: Michael Smith Business Development, DC

Company: Lopez Negrete

Hire: Eunice Munoz as Dir. of  PR; she was formerly VP of PR and Communications at Banco Popular North America

Company: Rasky Baerlein Strategic Comm, Boston

Promotion: Jeff Terrey to VP

Company: Lippe Taylor, NYC

Hired: Rehired Ann Peterson as EVP entertainment marketing

Company: Racepoint Group, San Francisco

Hire: Deborah Curley as SVP to head the SF operation

Company: Rubenstein PR, NYC

Hire: Marina Hoffman as Senior VP

Company: Fleishman-Hilliard, San Francisco office

Hire: Bob Winslow, as SVP and Managing Dir. of the High Tech practice

Company: State Farm, Bloomington, Illinois

Hire: Mike Fernandez as VP, Corp. Com and external relations

Company: MWW Group, NY

Hire: Brian Sinderson as SVP with expertise in Technology and Business practices

Company: GCI, NYC

Hire: Kiersten Zweibaum formerly with Ketchum as EVP overseeing the corporate and consumer practices

Company: Dome, a Chicago based Hill and Knowlton Company

Hire: Bob Kopach as deputy GM and SVP

Company: Inyx, Inc, NYC

Hire: William Kelly as VP of IR and corporate communications

Company: O’Charley’s, Nashville, TN

Hired: Melissa Thompson as VP corporate communications

Company: Fleishman-Hillard, DC

Hired: Kelley Gannon (White House veteran) as SVP

Company: Kwitten & Co., NYC

Hired: Gabrielle Acevedo as managing director in the corporate financial area

Company: The Council on Foundations, DC

Hired: Colleen Appleby as director of member communications

Company: Gore’s communications team, Nashville, TN

Hired: Kalee Kreider as communications chief to handle the media around the release of Gore’s book

Company: JS2 Communications, LA-based public relations and marketing consulting agency, for New York City office

Hired: Gregg Goldsholl as general manager and vice president

Company: Gordon C. James Public relations, DC

Hired: Bradley Blakeman, former deputy assistant to Pres. Bush for appts and scheduling as Public Relations Senior Advisor

Company: Fleishman-Hillard’s Mercury Public Affairs agency in NYC & DC

Hired: Terry Nelson as a partner in the DC office, folding in his company, Crosslinks Strategy Group into Mercury

Company: Manning Selvage & Lee, NYC

Hired: Paul Gallagher as SVP and Director of Media Strategy from 60 Minutes where he was an executive producer

Company: Fleishman-Hillard, LA

Hired: John Spelich as SVP of litigation support and IR practices

Company: Financial Relations Board, Los Angeles office

Hired: Mary Jensen as a vice president in REIT and Real Estate Financial Communications practice

Company: Edelman, Atlanta

Hired: Andrea Falls as senior vice president Consumer Brands. She will also head its growing Consumer Practice.

Company: MWW Group

Hired: Peter Warrick as senior vice president in the firm's corporate communications practice

Company: Market Wire

Hired: Rehired company co-founder Michael Shuler as SVP of sales for the eastern half of the U.S. Schuler left Market Wire in 2005 for family reasons.

Company: Fleishman-Hillard, Minneapolis/St.Paul office

Hired: Jane Berg as Managing Supervisor in the healthcare practice from the University of Minnesota

Company: GolinHarris, Chicago

Hired: Greg Sendi as executive vice president and director of the corporate communications practice

Company: Sprint Nextel

Promoted: Bill White SVP of Corporate Communications after assuming that role on an interim basis after the abrupt departure of Judith Muhlberg

Company: Edelman, NYC

Promoted: Howard Pulchin to General Manager of Consumer Marketing Practice

Company: Edelman, NYC

Promoted: Christina Smedley to EVP strategic planning and program development director for the region

Company: FirstEnergy, Akron

Promoted: Ronald Seeholzer to VP, IR succeeding retiring Terrence Howson

Company: The Frause Group, Seattle

Promoted: Erika Schmidt to President, COO

Company: Frause Group, Seattle

Promotion: Founder Bob Frause moves up to the role of Chairman/CEO

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