Roll Call: H+K, Blaze, Widmeyer, and More

Geri Ann Baptista has joined Hill + Knowlton Strategies as a VP for Northwest operations. She’ll work across the corporate and tech practices in Seattle and Spokane, WA, reporting to the GM of H+K Strategies Northwest, Christiaan Brown. Baptista joins from Starbucks, where she was senior manager of corp comms in charge of CSR. She also spent 12 years as an attorney.

Matt Kovacs has joined consumer, lifestyle, and hospitality firm Blaze as EVP and GM. He’ll be focusing on new business and agency growth.