
Cokie Roberts, respected journalist, dies at 75
Cokie Roberts, the veteran NPR and ABC Washington journalist, has died. A trailblazing reporter who won three Emmys and was named a “Living Legend”

Silverline Adds Two and Expands to Chicago and Salt Lake City
Vienna, VA-based Silverline Communications, a business-to-business technology marketing communications agency, announced the appointment of two executives to its leadership team, Ellen

Decks and Day Dreams with Cade Martin
Cade Martin collaborated with Chicago-based agency Two by Four to create dreamlike images for a brand campaign for TimberTech by Azek. For this

Crosby Promotes Pommerehn to SVP & Stockdale to VP
Crosby Marketing Communications announced the promotion of Gillian Pommerehn to Senior Vice President (Pictured left)and Bridget Stockdale to Vice President (Pictured Right). Pommerehn

AAF DC Announces 2019 Election Results Officers and Directors Elected
The American Advertising Federation DC Chapter (AAF DC) has elected Hal Schild of primeFOCUS as president. Evan Levent of World Wildlife Fund was elected

Abernathy MacGregor Launches D.C. Office
New York-based financial PR firm Abernathy MacGregor has opened a Washington, D.C. office led by Sarah Knakmuhs, Mike Hotra and Liz Sidoti,

Amazon, Mulder, Lamar, Growth and Manifest Making News
Amazon is holding an event it’s calling Amazon Career Day at six sites across the U.S. On September 17, including at 1102

Marriott’s Global Marketing Officer Karin Timpone to Leave at End of Year
Karin Timpone, Marriott’s global marketing officer, is stepping down at the end of 2019 to “pursue new opportunities.” According to Adweek, Timpone, who

Crosby Expands Social Media Team with Three Additions
Crosby Marketing Communications added three members to its team of social media professionals. Lydia Whiteford (on left) joins the agency as an Associate Social

Kat Downs Mulder Named Vice President of Product and Design for The Washington Post
The Washington Post named Kat Downs Mulder as Vice President of Product and Design. In this newly created role, which is among the senior

WTOP’s Bob Marbourg,”The Guru of D.C.-Area Traffic,” Says It’s Time “to Say Goodbye”
“Self-entitled jackasses” of the D.C. area, you can breathe easy: Bob Marbourg has left the WTOP Traffic Center, states a release from

Crosby Adds Two to Growing Digital Team
Crosby Marketing Communications welcomed two new members to its growing digital marketing team. Chris Coelho, left in photo, has been hired as a Director,

D.C.-Area People in the News: Yolanda Brignoni Joins Subject Matter, Paul Kolebuck Joins Abt Associates, Patty Abramson Died
Yolanda Brignoni joins Subject Matter as Vice President of Client Services. Brignoni, shown above, comes to Subject Matter after eight years with AARP, where

Chieko T. Noguchi Named Director of the Office of Public Affairs for U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops appointed Chieko T. Noguchi as director of the Office of Public Affairs at the conference’s headquarters

Julissa Marenco Otero, CMO, Smithsonian Institution, Honored in Washington Business Journal’s 2019 “Women Who Mean Business” Awards Program
Julissa Marenco Otero, CMO, Smithsonian Institution, is one of the honorees in the Washington Business Journal’s 2019 Women Who Mean Business awards program.
