Kevin Byrne, senior vice president of public and community relations for the Baltimore Ravens, will discuss crisis communications and the Ray Rice controversy at Loyola University Maryland on April 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. Learn more and register at the PRSA Maryland website.

Warschawski was named agency of record for Columbia-based cybersecurity firm Chiron Technology Services and will handle brand positioning for the 11-year-old company and its services that protect infrastructure from cyber attacks.

idfive announced that Caitlin Currey-Ortiz has been promoted to associate director of account services.

The PRSA Central Chesapeake Chapter in Annapolis is hosting a session April 16 on how to make connections and invite public officials to your events. Speakers: Matt Clark, communications director for Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan; Owen McEvoy, public information officer for Anne Arundel County Executive Steven Schuh; and Rhonda Wardlaw, public information officer for Annapolis Mayor Michael Pantelides. For details and registration, visit the chapter’s website.

Hunt Valley based Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. has launched Sinclair Digital Ventures, a division that will invest in emerging digital technologies and digital content companies. The division will be overseen by David Amy, Sinclair’s COO, Chris Ripley, Sinclair’s CFO, and Rob Weisbord, Chief Operating Officer, Sinclair Digital Group.

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