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| Brenda Urban |
Fairmont Century Plaza has named Brenda Urban director of public relations. Urban was previously a vice president at Lou Hammond Group and director of communications at Klick Communications. She has represented all facets of the hospitality industry, including tourism boards, resort groups, hotels and transportation. In her new role, Urban will be spearheading all public relations and communications campaigns for digital and traditional media. Following a restoration by architect Minoru Yamasaki, the hotel is set to open this spring as part of a $2.5 billion mixed-use development project including two 44-story towers with 268 privately-owned luxury residences, and 95,000 square feet of shopping and restaurants.
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| Wendy Orthman |
Infiniti Motor Company has promoted Wendy Orthman to general manager of Infiniti global communications, effective April 1. She succeeds Trevor Hale, who will remain in the role until March 31. Orthman will be based in Yokohama, Japan. She currently manages product lifecycle, lifestyle and brand communications for Nissan North America, working out of Nashville. (Infiniti is the luxury division of Nissan.) Before coming to Nissan in 2015, Orthman served as Midwest PR manager for Chrysler and worked in product communications for General Motors. In her new post, she will lead Infiniti Communications worldwide as the brand transitions to its new global headquarters in Yokohama. “Wendy’s energy, creativity and depth of experience will be essential in leading our global communications efforts as we craft the narrative for the future of the Infiniti brand," said Infiniti Motor Company deputy chairman Michael Colleran.
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| Manvir Kalsi |
Lippe Taylor has hired Manvir Kalsi as senior vice president, insights & planning. Kalsi previously served as head of consumer & market insights at Samsung Electronics America. Prior to Samsung, he was a research analyst at Knowledge Networks (GFK) where his clients included Novartis, Pepsi, Burger King, Procter & Gamble, Colgate, Home Depot, SIRIUS, Walmart and CarMax. At Lippe Taylor, he will be leading the Insights & Planning team, which includes analytics, qualitative and quantitative research and customized strategic solutions for clients. He will report into agency chief integration officer Lori Rubinson, who oversees its integrated offerings, including influencer marketing, analytics, earned media, strategy and planning.
Aaron Guiterman will rejoin Edelman’s government and PA unit as head of US public affairs on April 29.
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Pierpont Communications of Houston hires Dan Mahoney and Pete Webb to focus on building a presence in the Denver market... Millwright Holdings appoints Ainsley Sheikali as head of business development, a new post... Shore Fire Media CEO Marilyn Laverty is tapped to increase collaboration among the Dolphin Entertainment units... Berns Communications Group names Quin Acciani VP, consumer and retail practice. 
Prosek Partners brings on Diana Estupinan to lead its first office in the Middle East, which will be located in Abu Dhabi... Madwell promotes Gabriela Benitez to president, a newly created role at the firm... Zonda, which provides data-driven market solutions to companies in the homebuilding industry, names Tom LeBaron as VP, performance and growth marketing
FGS Global brings on Global Counsel's Joe Palombo as a partner in the firm’s London office... SJW Group, an investor-owned pure-play water and wastewater utility, names Nazan Riahei as VP of communications, a newly created role... Measurabl, an ESG tech platform for real estate, names Chris Zegal SVP of marketing
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