Grey Healthcare Group - The healthcare communications
network (New York) adds two senior executives to its roster:
Beverly Beaudoin (ex-Lowe Bozell McAdams) has been tapped to
be senior vp and general manager while Steve Corwin (ex-DeNova
Healthcare Communications) is the new general manager of acute
and specialty-care brands for Grey Healthcare Group
Advertising.
Both Beaudoin and Corwin will focus on business development of
domestic and international accounts within their
specialties...Contact: Wendy Hauser, 212.886.3058
Hill & Knowlton - The Washington, D.C., office of
H&K recently announced several key appointments, including
Peter Jeffries, who joins as senior vp for public policy after
eight years as a senior adviser and spokesman for U.S. House
Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.).
In addition, Paul Clark (ex-communications director, U.S. Senate
Committee on Government Affairs) has been named U.S. director of
crisis media; Nick Hensley, a senior vp, gets the nod as director
of the media department in the D.C. office.
Meanwhile, Sean Kevelighan has been appointed director of
technology policy, a newly created position...Contact: Lisa
Dreisch, 202.944.5138
Ketchum -- Michael Chayes (ex-Sustained Leadership
LLC) now is CEO of the agency's change-management unit
Stromberg Consulting (New York), succeeding CEO and founder Gary
Stromberg, who left the company in 2004 after 20 years at the helm.
Stromberg Consulting focuses on helping clients to enhance their
brands through PR and internal communications...Contact:
Robyn Massey, 646.395.3911, [email protected]
MWW Group - David Herbst (ex-American Standard
Development Co.) has been promoted to senior vp/general manager
of the agency's Los Angeles office, succeeding Harvey Englander,
who is leaving the firm in March.
Herbst joined the E. Rutherford, N.J.-based firm as senior vp in
August 2001...Contact: Chris Savarese, 201.964.2405,
[email protected]
News Broadcast Network - Richard Neuman was promoted to
vp/broadcast and technology (from director, video operations) for
the New York-based video production company.
Neuman will continue to be directly responsible for all IT
issues within the company; he also will oversee all video and radio
production facilities while serving as executive producer/Live
& Special Events.
Shari Smilowitz-Rauch moves to the new post of director of
client services from video operations...Contact: Jeff Wurtz,
800.840.6397, [email protected]
Porter Novelli - The New York-based agency named five new
partners in its U.S. offices: Liz Fitzgerald, managing
director/PN2, Washington, D.C.; Jon Goldberg, corporate practice
leader, New York; Jason Teitler, agency marketing and sports
marketing head, New York; Carolyn Tieger, U.S. public affairs
practice leader, Washington, D.C.; and David Zucker, director of PN
CauseWorks, New York. All five join the agency's senior ranks.
Schering-Plough - Joy Schmitt (ex-Genta Inc.) was
appointed director/global communications and advocacy relations in
the science-based healthcare company's global communications
department (Kenilworth, N.J.).
In the newly created role, Schmitt will serve as the contact
with the HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C communities; he also will be
responsible for PR and advocacy activities supporting
Schering-Plough's global oncology franchise...Contact:
Mary-Frances Faraji, 908.298.7109.
Washington Wine Commission - Regan Sheehy
(ex-Edelman) has been tapped to be communications director,
managing internal and external communications for the Seattle-based
organization that represents more than 320 wineries and 300
wine-grape growers in Washington State.
Sheehy has been charged with promoting Washington State as a
premier wine region as well as managing media
relations...Contact: Jane Baxter Lynn, [email protected]
Weber Shandwick - Robert Dowling (ex-Ruder Finn)
joined the agency as executive vp and director of the technology
practice in the New York office while Elizabeth King, who has been
with the Dallas-based agency since 2000, has been appointed deputy
director of the tech practice...Contact: Laura Bachrach,
212.445.8467