Post-Katrina Growth at Zehnder

DALLAS Nearly a year after fleeing New Orleans in the face of Hurricane Katrina, Zehnder Communications is bolstering its executive ranks and expanding its Baton Rouge, La., office, the shop said.

Account director Ann Edelman, former head of Edelman Advertising, will now head the Baton Rouge location, which provided temporary refuge for some New Orleans staffers last summer. Also joining Zehnder from Edelman’s former agency is account executive Allison Stiel, a Zehnder representative said.

In New Orleans, Tom Martin was hired to fill the new position of president, reporting to CEO Jeff Zehnder, the agency said.