LOS ANGELES — General Motors' senior VP of global communications Craig Buchholz has joined The LAGRANT Foundation’s (TLF) board of directors. Buchholz (pictured) succeeds Tony Cervone, former communications executive at GM, who served on TLF’s board from 2015 until his retirement in April. As a board member, Buchholz will serve on the talent acquisition committee, where he will support TLF’s work to systematically connect the world’s largest companies with the robust talent pipeline of racial and ethnic minorities.

WASHINGTON —  Levick Strategic Communications and Baikal Communications Group have struck a global partnership aimed at implementing joint projects in the US and Russian Federation. The partners will focus on a number of specialties including sanctions law and compliance, crisis and environmental communications and public affairs.
 
WASHINGTON — New Paradigm Strategy Group has launched a new practice group, called NP Gaming, focused on understanding and activating gamers across the US.  As part of its launch, NP Gaming released State of Play, a detailed analysis of gamers, their motivations, and their culture.