APCO Worldwide - Roger Lowe (ex-Columbus Dispatch/Porter Novelli), a veteran journalist who spent 21 years as a bureau chief and reporter for Ohio
newspapers, joins the firm's Public Affairs practice in a senior role; Mike Tuffin, who has worked on Capitol Hill for healthcare trade organizations, including the
Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America, has also joined the practice in a senior posi- tion...Contact: Megan Carpenter, 202.659.7913, [email protected].
Edelman - Strategy One, Edelman's full service research firm, has hired Barbara Coons, formerly U.S. Director of Research at Hill & Knowlton, to lead
Strategy One's Media Analysis and Competitive Intelligence group. She'll help to manage three PR research tools: EMAP, a proprietary media analysis system; I-PLAN, a software-
based legislative policy tracker; and MediaMind, an automated system for tracking, measuring and analyzing media coverage in real time...Contact: Katie Hall, 202.312.1086,
[email protected].
Euro RSCG Magnet - PR veteran Michael Smith (ex-W&P PR/Dow Chemical/Burson-Marsteller) has been named the general manager of the marketing communication
firm's Washington, D.C. office, which represents, among other clients, IBM, McDonald's and the U.S. Department of the Treasury...Contact: Libby
Tierney, 212.367.6810.
Gavin Anderson & Company - Montieth Illingworth (ex-Ruder Finn) has been tapped as Managing Director for the New York office of Gavin, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Omnicom Group Inc. Illingworth will head the office corporate practice and be responsible for business development. David Bassiouni (ex-The Horn
Group) also joins the New York office, as an Associate Director...Contact: Robert Mead, 212.515.1960.
Hill & Knowlton - Chris Gidez (ex-Los Angeles City Attorney's office/ChevronTexaco) has been tapped as senior VP of the Corporate and Financial Practice,
augmenting the firm's expertise in corporate communications...Contact: Lily Loh, 212.885.0430. At the same time, Eric Moses (ex-Fleishman-Hillard) has joined the
firm's Los Angeles office as VP, Media and Public Affairs...Contact: Brad Cohen, 323.966.5786.
Ketchum - A new triumvirate for the firm's Global Corporate Practice: Rob Flaherty, a PR consultant for the last 20 years, has been named managing director; Paul
Baverstock (ex-A.T. Kearney) gets the nod as European Director and John Weckenmann (ex-Edelman) has been named North American Director...Contact: Robyn
Massey, 646.935.3911, [email protected].
Makovsky & Co. - JB King (ex-Lehman Brothers) has been appointed as Senior VP of the agency's Financial & Professional Services Practice. While she was at
Lehman, King managed a $30 million operating budget and a staff of 200 people responsible for producing the firm's marketing and communications materials
worldwide...Contact: Gene Marbach, 212.508.9645.
Nike Communications - Erin Bondy Lanuti (ex-Manning, Selvage and Lee) comes aboard as Senior VP and Director of Entertainment Marketing; she'll report directly to
agency president and founder Nina Kaminer...Contact: Nina Kaminer, 646.654.3401, [email protected].
Porter Novelli - David Frank (ex-Widmeyer Communications/U.S. Department of Education) has joined the firm's Washington, D.C. office as senior VP in the Health
and Social Marketing Group, advising the agency's education and health care clients on communications issues. ...Contact: Kristen Ewing, 212.601.8125, [email protected].
Weber Shandwick - Tim Marklein has joined the PR firm as executive vp/general manager in Weber's Northern California operations, including Weber Shandwick's Silicon
Valley and San Francisco offices.
Marklein, who specializes in technology and communications, has worked at tech industry heavyweights like HP, Oracle, Cisco and Adobe. He'll report to Ken Luce, who handles
management oversight of Weber's west and southwestern regions...Contact: Laura Bachrach, 212.445.8467.