Media Mavens on the Move — Agency

Israel Mirsky joined as EVP Emerging Media and Technology at Porter Novelli.

Kazumi Mechling moved from EVP at Waggener Edstrom to L.A. Office Head at Cohn & Wolfe.

Matt Dornic joined as Director at Quinn Gillespie & Associates.

Dirk Shaw moved from Social Media Strategist at Vignette to SVP 360 Digital Influence Practice at Ogilvy PR.

Gregory Payne joined as CEO/GC at A Squared (A2) Entertainment.

Lauren Lanzi moved from Ad Sales Research Director at The National Geographic Channel to Account Management Director at LogicLab.

Chris O’Hara was promoted to SVP Sales and Marketing at Traffiq.

Rich Levy moved from Executive Creative Director at GSW Worldwide to EVP/Chief Creative Officer at Draftfcb Healthcare.

Steven Wolfe Pereira joined as SVP Managing Director at Forty-Two Degrees.

Paul Hastings was promoted to EVP, Director of Account Services at Y&R San Francisco.

Chris Pyne joined as NY Head of Planning at Optimedia U.S..

Leigh Andersen moved from Artist’s Agent at Montage Agency to Managing Director at iCreate Agency.

Ben Richards moved from Director of Strategic Services at Naked Communications to WW Head of Strategy Integration at Ogilvy.