NORWELL, MA—Clean Harbors, a leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services throughout North America, has appointed Jim Buckley as senior vice president, investor relations and corporate communications. Prior to joining Clean Harbors, Buckley was executive vice president and partner at Sharon Merrill Associates. He also has served as an adjunct professor of investor relations for several years at Boston University.

RESTON, VA—PIXIA Corp., a leader in scalable large data access solutions, has hired Gina Lundy as vice president of government relations and corporate communications. She will be managing all external communications, as well as government relations efforts, aimed at raising overall awareness of PIXIA’s solutions to the defense and intelligence communities and other adjacent markets. Lundy is a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who most recently was deputy director for congressional and public affairs at the National Reconnaissance Office.

NEW YORK—1stdibs, the largest online luxury marketplace, has named Laura Greenberg Schneider, a luxury PR specialist, as public relations manager, a new position reporting to Stacy McLaughlin, the company's Director of Communications. Schneider will help expand awareness of 1stdibs among key audiences in both the design industry and high-end consumers. Prior to 1stdibs, she held PR positions at Tiffany & Co. and Harry Winston.

NORTH MIAMI, FL—Johnson & Wales University has appointed Sharu Goodwyn as the new director of communications and media relations. Goodwyn will be responsible for handling internal communications, media relations, community relations and social media for the North Miami campus and will serve as advisor to The Wildcat student news magazine. Goodwyn most recently served as the communications and community relations manager at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.