the Weber Shandwick Collective Promotes Jim O’leary and Karen Pugliese To Global President Roles and Appoints Joy Farber Kolo As Chief Impact Officer
Dec 17, 2024•8 months ago
Position
President
Company
The Weber Shandwick Collective
Description
The Weber Shandwick Collective has promoted Jim O’Leary and Karen Pugliese to global president roles, with O’Leary retaining his role as North America CEO, and has named Joy Farber Kolo chief impact officer as part of its leadership formalization under new CEO Susan Howe. The regional CEOs of APAC and EMEA, Tyler Kim and Michael Frohlich, respectively, and their teams now report to O’Leary. Pugliese will oversee TWSC’s strategy and innovation agenda, while Farber Kolo will focus on improving quality-of-work standards and driving growth across the collective’s firms.
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