Katy Spaulding
Method Communications, a Salt Lake City-based public relations and marketing agency, has appointed Katy Spaulding as chief operating officer. Spaulding will be based in the company’s hub in Portland, Oregon, and plans to spend considerable time in Method’s offices in San Francisco, Salt Lake City and New York. Spaulding has more than 16 years at mid-sized PR firms and fills the role left by former COO Heather England, who led operations at Method for more than 10 years and has moved into a strategic advisor role for the agency. Spaulding’s experience includes serving as general manager of the northwest region at Allison before being named as the agency’s first chief of staff, and working at WE Communications.