CEO Koval Exits Publicis Kaplan Thaler

Heads to Legacy, the anti-smoking nonprofit

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Robin Koval, the chief executive of Publicis Kaplan Thaler, is leaving 16 months after the merger between Publicis’s New York agency and corporate sibling The Kaplan Thaler Group.

She is joining Legacy, the national public health nonprofit created to advertise the dangers of tobacco use, as president, CEO. Koval will be the second top executive in Legacy's 14-year history, succeeding Cheryl G. Healton. (Legacy's advertising account is in review, affecting both creative and media planning and buying, which are handled by Arnold and PHD, respectively.)

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