Executive moves, new appointments, and honors across Dallas-Fort Worth.
The World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth’s 2023 Educator of the Year luncheon March 27 will feature a keynote by U.S. Department of State spokesman Ned Price, a former council intern. Price is a former political adviser and intelligence officer.
Last week, the State Department announced that Price would move to a new role later this month working directly with Secretary of State Antony Blinken....
Veteran brand strategist Lori Lasky has joined independent brand performance agency Media Culture’s leadership team to head the agency’s strategic initiatives.
Most recently, Lasky was director of Integrated Media at Nautilus Inc., and she will be responsible for program strategy across the agency’s portfolio of clients. She will work to identify opportunities for growth and drive integrated strategy across the team to align with business goals....
Coppell-based Omni Logistics has appointed Tania Garcia as its new chief marketing officer and announced two internal promotions.
The technology-driven provider of global multimodal logistics solutions and specialized services said that Andy Tribble has been promoted to president of North America Operations and Megan Sledge has been named chief transformation officer....
Glenn Forbes of CDFI Friendly Fort Worth [Courtesy photo]
The city of Fort Worth announced that finance and community development professional Glenn Forbes has been hired as executive director of CDFI Friendly Fort Worth, launched just over a year ago.
The city said the hiring is another milestone in establishing an independent, community-centered, not-for-profit organization that exists solely to match community development financial institutions, or CDFIs, to financing needs in Fort Worth....
Dallas-based institutional capital markets expert Jack Fraker has joined Newmark Group Inc., a full-service commercial real estate firm, as president and global head of industrial and logistics.
Newmark has offices in Dallas and Plano.
“Newmark’s Capital Markets advisory group, which has seen dramatic growth, is a key component of our platform’s acceleration, nationally and globally,” Newmark Chief Executive Officer Barry Gosin said in a statement....
Northeast Texas native B. Chad Yarbrough has been selected as the Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, agency Director Christopher Wray announced.
Most recently, Yarbrough was a deputy assistant director in the Criminal Investigative Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Yarbrough replaces Matthew DeSarno who retired from the Dallas Field Office in October....
Jeff Banks has been named to the new role of senior vice president, chief data and analytics officer by Dallas-based Comerica Inc.
He will report to Megan Crespi, senior executive vice president, chief operating officer....
Plano-based IT consulting firm CG Infinity has hired Jeremy Leonard as senior vice president of digital marketing. Leonard will further the firm’s presence in the Denver metropolitan area, the company said.
The hiring accelerates the firm’s customers’ marketing transformation and customer-centric initiatives, CG Infinity said.
Successfully monetizing customer data“Measuring ROI on marketing spend can be elusive....
Longtime University of North Texas faculty leader Audhesh Paswan has been named as dean of New College at the UNT at Frisco campus.
“Audhesh has considerable industry experience and a diverse wealth of knowledge that will be crucial to our continued success with the new UNT at Frisco branch campus,” UNT President Neal Smatresk said in a statement....
Irving-based INFOLOB Global announced the appointment of two senior vice presidents, Pankaj Dewan and Mahendra Raju Padmaraju, to its leadership team. With nearly 50 years of combined experience, both Dewan and Padmaraju are familiar names to many in the Oracle community, having served in sales and solutions engineering, respectively.
The global digital tech company founded in 2009 has a U.S....
Rebelution CEO Melonie Carnegie will chair the fourth annual Gala, An Event to Remember, hosted by the Dallas and Northeast Texas Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association on April 29 at the Arts District Mansion....
Jamee Jolly of Uptown Dallas Inc.
Uptown Dallas Inc. announced that Jamee Jolly has been appointed as president and executive director of the nonprofit public improvement district, effective March 13.
“Dallas PIDs, like Uptown Dallas Inc., are on the forefront of urban planning and economic development,” Kevin Hickman, UDI’s chairman of the board, said in a statement....
Colt Moedl has joined Dallas-based Primoris Services Corp. as president of its utilities business segment, a role in which he will serve as a strategic leader focused on safety, growth, and execution....
BGSF Inc., a Plano-based national provider of consulting, managed services, and workforce solutions, appointed John Barnett as chief financial officer, effective March 20.
He succeeds Dan Hollenbach, who served as the CFO since August 2015. Hollenbach will be closely involved in the Q1 2023 reporting process and will then act as a senior advisor with BGSF through April 30, 2024....
LPA Design Studios has hired D. Alex John, Jr. as an associate principal and design director of the firm’s growing Dallas commercial studio.
A veteran Dallas design leader, John will lead design teams on a wide range of projects, including commercial, science and technology, civic and cultural, residential, and mixed-use developments....
