1 Lake departs Burson
A former chairman of public affairs at the firm, James Lake left Burson-Marsteller to become a partner and president at Gibraltar Associates in Washington.

2 Susman shifts to Pfizer
Once the EVP for global communications at The Estée Lauder Companies, Sally Susman was named SVP and chief communications officer for the drugmaker.

3 Donovan leaves HP
HP's former director of corporate media relations, Ryan Donovan left to handle internal and external communications for SanDisk.

4 Hunt steps ...