Chandler Chicco Companies (CCC) has significantly boosted staff numbers across three of its global health communications agencies.
The last 60 days have seen more than 20 appointments at Allidura Consumer, Biosector 2 and Chandler Chicco Agency, prompted by new business wins and an upturn in organic growth across all agencies, said the company.
The most senior recruit is Heather Gartman (pictured), who will lead CCC’s Washington DC operations. She joins from Ruder Finn, with more than 20 years’ experience in public relations and marketing communications within healthcare.
“DC is playing a central role in healthcare in this country, making strong leadership of our DC office critical,” said Lisa Stockman, founding member and managing director of CCC.
Other recent key hires include Allidura Consumer’s appointment of Tracy Naden as co-managing director. Naden joins from W20Group, where she spent seven years, latterly as managing director, consumer, at Twist Mktg.
Also new to Allidura is Sharon Bukspan, joining from GENYOUth Foundation, where she was a research specialist working within public health.
Priya Namjoshi and Kathleen Gallagher join Biosector 2’s New York office, Namjoshi from Feinstein Kean Healthcare where she was vice president, and Gallagher from Cohn & Wolfe, where she was an account director.
Chandler Chicco Agency (CCA) New York has recruited Andrea Dagger from WCG, where she was a director. She is joined by Shannon Coughlin, a former senior account manager at WCG/ Twixt Mktg, and Lisa Benoit, a former account supervisor at The Ruth Group.
Sabrina Gomersall, formerly a director at WCG, has joined CCA London, while Carly McLean joins CCA West from Weber Shandwick, where she was a group manager.
CCAWest has also hired former Chempetitive Group PR director Nicki Polatin.
CCC, part of inVentiv Health, has taken on a further eight account team members and welcomed an incoming class of 11 graduate trainees.