AdvaMed rebranding
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
VP-public affairs will be Porter Novelli's current VP-Consumer Group Mary Anne Hansan. She joins the trade association Nov. 30, replacing Lisa Wolfington, who left in June. At the Washington, D.C. office of the PR firm, Hansan led "consumer brand and safety communications" for the propane industry, AdvaMed notes. She has served as a media contact for the American Chemistry Council and advertising director of the American Plastics Council. Soon after her arrival, Hansan will choose a director of media relations - a spot to be vacated by Jeff Ezell Dec. 1. Ezell will focus on "brand awareness" for diagnostic member companies (1"The Gray Sheet" Nov. 8, 2004, In Brief). An exec-VP-federal government relations post - formerly occupied by Steve Ubl, who left to form his own consultancy in July - remains to be filled. AdvaMed's board convenes in Washington, D.C. Dec. 8-9...