Cole & Weber United has brought John Maxham on board as executive creative director. He will report directly to Mike Doherty, president of the Seattle-based agency that is part of WPP‘s United Network.
Most recently, Maxham was at DDB as senior VP/group creative director, where he was responsible for the seamless integration of creative in two separate offices (Chicago and St. Louis). While there, he oversaw 30 creatives comprising a general, digital and DM group.
Prior to DDB, Maxham was chief creative officer of Maiden Lane Advertising in San Francisco (formerly Gardner Geary Coll). Earlier he spent three years at Team One in El Segundo, Calif., as creative director where he led 10 creatives, co-founded a new business group and oversaw the advertising launch of Boost Mobile in the U.S.
Maxham started his career at Lowe Worldwide in New York as associate creative director. During his five years there, Maxham did brand work for UPS and Heineken.
Sheriff Reports Preliminary Autopsy Results On Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa
Preliminary autopsy results didn't determine how Oscar-winner Gene Hackman and his wife died at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but did rule out that they were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, the sheriff leading the investigation said Friday.
The condition of the bodies found Wednesday indicated the deaths occurred at least several days earlier and there was no sign of foul play.
At a news conference, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said the initial examination by the medical examiner showed no sign of carbon monoxide, a colorless and odorless gas produced from kitchen appliances and other fuel-burning items. When it collects in poorly ventilated homes, it can be fatal.
Mendoza also said an examination of the 95-year-old Hackman's pacemaker showed it stopped working on Feb. 17, which means he may have died nine days earlier.
Hackman's body was found in an entryway. The body of his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, was in a bathroom. She was on her side and a space heater was near her head. Investigators said the heater likely was pulled down when she fell. There also was an open prescription bottle and pills scattered on a countertop.
Whether the pills or other drugs were a factor won't be known until toxicology tests are completed in the coming weeks.
Dr. Philip Keen, the retired chief medical examiner in Maricopa County, Arizona, said it would be unlikely for a person who tests negative for carbon monoxide initially to later be found to have been poisoned by it.
He also said the moment when a pacemaker stops working could mark the point when a person dies, but not always.
"If your heart required a pacemaker, there would certainly be an interruption at that point — and it might be the hallmark of when... Read More