Mayor Adams Appoints Kayla Mamelak Altus as Press Secretary

 

NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced new appointments within the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Communications, elevating current members of the City Hall team as well as bringing in new talent to further strengthen the administration’s communications work.

In the Press Office, Kayla Mamelak Altus has been appointed press secretary. Allison Maser has joined the Adams administration as a deputy press secretary and communications advisor, William Fowler has joined City Hall as a deputy press secretary, and Sophia Askari has returned to the administration as press assistant. In the Communications Office, Sonia Moghe and Joel Rosenthal have both joined City Hall as deputy communications directors.

In the Office of Ethnic and Community Media and Citywide Marketing, Jd Michaels has been appointed executive director of ethnic and community media and citywide marketing, Jacqueline Lachman will serve as chief operating officer of marketing, Orchida Harizaj will serve as associate director of communications, and Yesenny Fernández will serve as associate director of data management. In the Office of Creative Communications, Caroline Rubinstein-Willis has been promoted to associate director for digital communications, while Haley Clark will be promoted to senior video producer.

In the Speechwriting Office, Radha Vatsal will be promoted to senior speechwriter, while in the Office of Research and Media Analysis, Grisely Tejada Taveras will return to the administration as a research and media analyst. 

Click here for additional information.

Source: The Office of the Mayor