WASHINGTON — Jay Solomon, most recently chief foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, has joined APCO Worldwide as a senior director. In his role as part of APCO’s global solutions practice, Solomon will provide expertise on foreign policy, cyber security and national security issues. In addition, Solomon will counsel clients on media engagement and brand positioning.

WASHINGTON —Daphne Wang, most recently an APCO Worldwide senior director, has joined Bully Pulpit Interactive. Based in Washington, WANG will help manage BPI’s corporate communication capabilities and lead clients and accounts that sit at the intersection of corporate reputation and public affairs.

NEW YORK — Strategic Governance Advisors, an affiliate of Sard Verbinnen & Co., has hired Steven Balet managing director in New York. Balet will advise Boards of directors and corporate leaders on a range of governance issues important to institutional investors. He joins from FTI Consulting’s strategic communications group.

NEW YORK — UpSpring PR has added four new members to its team. Bridget Moriarity joins the agency as its communications director. Ashley Howie, Selin Ashaboglu and Stephanie Ramirez all join as account executive, bringing agency and editorial experience to the job.

NEW YORK — SourceCode Communications has hired PR veteran Sara Ajemian to lead the ad and martech practice. Ajemian joins from DiGennaro Communications where for nearly four years she  managed a team of communications strategists across a broad B2B portfolio of global marketing service providers, adtech startups, creative and media agencies, and other data-driven digital companies.