Debra Polkes joined FCBCURE as creative partner and co-managing director.

Goodfuse – an award-winning, fully integrated agency built to fuse humanity into communications – announced three additions to its senior leadership team with the appointments of Ellene Hu as Senior Vice President, Abigail Obre as Vice President, and Joe Jordan as VP, Creative Director. According to agency management, these hires represent new positions and will help drive what continues to be a tremendous period of growth for Goodfuse.

VMLY&R hired science veteran Sean Rooney, PhD as Chief Science Officer. The newly created role will connect science teams across VMLY&R’s growing health offering to drive brand performance and improved health outcomes.

FCB Health Network president & CEO Dana Maiman announced that George Musi joined Solve(d) — the Network’s data and media company born from creative agency DNA — as managing director.

Michael Costello was named SVP, Group Creative Director of Copy at INVIVO BRANDS, an independent advertising agency with a focus on health and wellness.

Evoke announced the addition of award-winning, cross-channel storyteller Lisa Llewellyn to the global health and wellness agency’s creative ranks. A writer by background, Llewellyn brings a true-to-life understanding of multicultural marketing, honed by decades of experience leading the multicultural work for some of the most forward-thinking pharmaceutical brands in the industry.

Fingerpaint named Bill Kwiatkowski as head of strategy in the full-service health and wellness marketing agency’s Conshohocken, Pa., office.

Companies across the biotech and biopharma industries reported a slew of new leadership appointments, several of which have been explicitly focused on the fields of oncology and precision medicine. 

The Greater Than One (GTO) Group announced that Carol Fraser was appointed Chief People Officer to lead People & Development as the agency continues to prepare for its next phase of growth. Her role at the agency is to support the internal growth of the staff while providing input into the company’s long-term strategic plan.

FCB Health Network president & CEO Dana Maiman on April 21 announced Debra Polkes joined FCBCURE as creative partner and co-managing director. Reporting to Maiman, Polkes will work closely with FCBCURE’s managing director, Tammy Fischer, to continue to drive the momentum and growth of the agency, and take the creative department to even greater heights.