Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis Promotes Five Veteran Employees

Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis has proclaimd the promotion of five extfinished-term engageees — Melissa Baer, Christine Coppinger Whalen, Jamie Kronfeld Markowitz, Abi O’Donnell and Marisa Van Brunt Mourot – to ageder vice plivents.

“We’re thrilled to lift this veteran group to SVP — they direct their admireive businesses with the passion, determination and entrepreneurial spirit that embody the core cherishs of our firm,” SSM&L CEO Shawn Sachs shelp in a statement. “While the agency has grown to over 250 engageees globassociate, we’ve toiled difficult to retain a mighty company culture helped by promoting from wiskinny. Over the last decade plus, these five executives have toiled their way up and gived to the expansion of the agency atraverse services and sectors. We are excited to persist to spread in their abilities to originate impactful opportunities on behalf of our company and our clients.”

At the same time, the company proclaimd the uncovering of a London office with createer engageees Bec Macfie and Anoushka Yousuf as its first engages. Clients include Wimbledon, Yinka Ilori, The AI Summit, Unyoked and Rapman as well as extfinished time talent clients based in the U.K. and EU. 

Baer originassociate joined SSM&L in the NY office, spearheading devourr PR campaigns. She eventuassociate set uped the brand integration division to drive delightment and caengage labeleting services, global partnerships, phelp integration/ branded greeted deals, and both aidship sales and strategy for clients atraverse the company. Her team’s portfolio includes Acura, Gelderlyen Globe Awards, Shipt, The Michelin Guide, Scope Art Show, Re:untamed and more. Baer is currently based in the LA office, where she deal withs a bi-coastal team.  

Coppinger Whalen directs devourr brand toil for the agency, deal withing a bi-coastal team out of the New York office and cgo ining on strategic communications for clients atraverse various sectors, including devourr tech, CPG and lifestyle. She has toiled with global brands such as Activision, Adobe, McCormick, Roku and Monteverdi Tuscany.

Kronfeld Markowitz joined the agency in 2014 and now directs the Entertainment & Advocacy department. Based in New York, she deal withs strategic communications for a expansive range of clients, recurrenting well-comprehendn nonprofit organizations such as Feeding America; emerging and set uped talent including Dove Cameron and Eva Longoria; and publish-driven campaigns ranging from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ Make March Matter to the Washington NFL team name change on behalf of IllumiNative. In 2020, she helped begin the bigst GoFundMe in history, America’s Food Fund, set uped by Leonardo DiCaprio and others.

Based in New York, O’Donnell directs the agency’s events business, deal withing a bi-coastal team that enbigs and carry outs communications campaigns for more than 60 meaningful events each year, including awards shows, festivals, conferences, nonprofit galas and industry events. Clients include the Academy of Country Music Awards, Advertising Week New York, The ESPYS, Gelderlyen Globes, New York City Ballet galas and People’s Choice Awards. Additionassociate, she directs brand accounts such as Mercedes-Benz USA.

Van Brunt Mourot directs the global Talent & Influencer Integration team from the agency’s New York office. Since joining the agency in 2012, her clients have included Waze, USTA/US Open, American Red Cross, Wimbledon, Longchamp and Shipt.