MINNEAPOLIS — Weber Shandwick has appointed Andrea Mokros Minneapolis-based senior VP, corporate and public affairs. Mokros (pictured) brings to Weber Shandwick 20 years of experience in communications, strategic planning, and event production at the local, state and national level. During the Obama administration, Mokros served as special assistant to President Barack Obama and director of strategic planning for First Lady Michelle Obama. From 2015 to 2018, Mokros served as VP of communications and events for the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee and was integral to creating and promoting Minnesota's brand as 'the Bold North.'

SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK — Brunswick Group has hired Courtney Chiang Dorman and Michael O’Looney as partners in San Francisco and New York respectively. Dorman joins Brunswick from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she was chief operating officer and, before that, senior VP and chief marketing officer. O’Looney joins from Elliott Management, where he was head of communications and responsible for corporate communications, media relations and running communications on a number of high-profile activist campaigns.

CHICAGO & BOSTON — Lewis has made two new hires — Gerard LaFond as senior VP of East Coast digital and Megan Maguire to lead the firm’s new office in Chicago. The new roles support global growth across major integrated accounts as the agency continues to recruit creative talent.

RALEIGH, NC — Witz Communications has hired Gennifer Biggs as an account director and Katie Brown as an associate Account Executive. Biggs and Brown will support the growing roster of B2B technology clients in the cyber security, blockchain, data center, telecommunications, cloud and other sectors.

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Caitlin Manaois has joined ScoutComms, which is focused on veterans and military families, as account director. She will lead client accounts and serve as senior media relations advisor. Prior to joining ScoutComms, Manaois was director of operations at ForAmerica, a national grassroots advocacy organization.

NEW YORK — Karen Amster-Young, who for years ran an eponymous agency, is joining Sabrina Levine Communications as a strategic advisor. Amster-Young will be focusing on new business development for the agency and will provide senior counsel for select clients.

NASHVILLE — Kirsten Grenier has joined the MP&F Strategic Communications team as an account executive. Grenier brings nearly 10 years of journalism, communications and music industry experience to MP&F. She was most recently a publicist at The GreenRoom PR, where she supported the firm’s roster of country artists and helped run point for Bobby Bones, Thomas Rhett, Maddie & Tae and Brett Young.