Roll Call: Glover Park Group, Univision, the AAF, and More

Jon Gans is joining Glover Park Group as MD. Gans is a lawyer, currently serving as policy director and deputy chief of staff for Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ). Univision Communications has promoted Luis de la Parra, a 16-year veteran with the company, to SVP on the Innovation Marketing Team. He was previously director of on-air promotions, working on programming like Eva Luna and the FIFA World Cup in 2010. And Mark González has joined the Univision's IMT as VP and creative director. He has worked with agencies including JWT and McCann Erickson. The IMT is a new integrated consumer engagement group. The American Advertising Federation has partnered with Améredia, Inc, a San Francisco-based multicultural marketing firm with specialties in PR, branding, events, and grassroots marketing. Twitter's former director of comms, Lynn Fox, has joined Klout as acting head of communications on a contract basis. The relationship is temporary for now, but could be extended. [via] Porter Novelli has appointed three new partners: Bill Kolberg, EVP/MD of the firm's Los Angeles office and head of the McDonald's account; Linda Martin, EVP/MD of the Irvine and San Diego offices and lead on the Almond Board of California account; and Stephen McCauley, EVP and director of the food, beverage, and nutrition group based out of Washington. According to the firm, the "partner" title is a recognition of contribution to the firm, but doesn't entail a change in responsibility. The firm has 22 partners across its international network. Rene Spellman has joined MWW Group as VP in the youth marketing and entertainment group. Spellman previously worked with the Obama administration's White House Council for Community Solutions as an advisor for strategic comms with young audiences. She was also a White House liaison with the Department of Education after working on President Obama's first presidential campaign. Phyllis Piano has joined APCO Worldwide's International Advisory Council as a senior counselor. She was most recently the VP of corp comms and philanthropy at the biotech company Amgen. She's also served as a VP of public affairs for electrical products manufacturer Cooper Industries, and VP of corporate affairs and comms at Raytheon Company. Pitching note: Thanks to everyone for sending us notice about new hires, accounts, and agency changes. We get a large number of these announcements daily and can't respond to every one with an email or phone call. Rest assured, if you send your press releases to tonya@mediabistro.com, we've got it. Roll Call is published on Wednesdays and Fridays each week; Spin the Agencies of Record on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please keep an eye out for your announcement on the appropriate days.

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