Padilla Hires New Healthcare Group Leader

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January 10, 2023

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Jen Dobrzelecki brings 25 years of leading integrated communications experience to the agency

MINNEAPOLIS (January 10, 2023) – Jen Dobrzelecki has joined Padilla’s Healthcare Practice as senior vice president and Group Lead, serving as a senior counselor and member of the agency’s Senior Leadership Group. She brings her brand building and strategy, patient advocacy and issues management skills to help develop impactful communications strategies and solutions for clients.

Jen’s experience includes leading integrated communications programs for some of the world’s largest and most innovative companies for over 25 years.  

“The healthcare industry is full of complexities, only intensified by the events of the last few years,” said Matt Kucharski, Padilla president. “Jen has the valuable experience and diverse skillset necessary to successfully counsel Padilla’s health clients to help build, grow and protect their brands and reputations, making her an excellent addition to the practice and Padilla’s Senior Leadership Group.”

Before joining Padilla, Jen headed up Goodfuse (a GCI Group company), founded, built and led the New York office for Lewis Global Communications, served as the US head of M&C Saatchi PR and held leadership positions at Affect, Golin and CKPR. She has also been honored as one of PR News’ “Top Women in PR.”

“Padilla has a highly experienced healthcare team backed by specialists across brand planning, research, strategy, creative, digital, earned media and more,” said Dobrzelecki. “They’re renowned for delivering modern, integrated communications programs to organizations across the healthcare spectrum and I’m looking forward to working with my new team to continue and build on this legacy.”  

About Padilla

Padilla is a full-service agency that transforms brands and organizations through strategically creative communications. Our work across a range of industry sectors is consistently recognized by industry partners such as PRWeek Awards, PRovoke IN2 SABRE Awards and PRSA Anvil Awards, among others. Padilla operates in seven cities in the U.S. through its family of brands, which includes, SHIFT, FoodMinds and Joe Smith. As an AVENIR GLOBAL company and a founding member of the Worldcom Public Relations Group, the agency provides services to clients through 155 offices worldwide. Transform with purpose at PadillaCo.com.

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