WASHINGTON DC: Charles Pucie, managing director and CEO, has resigned from Capitoline International, a company he and other Washington-based Hill & Knowlton executives formed in 1991.

Pucie is moving to the non-profit arena as director of external affairs for the Knights of Columbus.

Succeeding Pucie as CEO is Jennefer Hirshberg, who joined Capitoline from Henry J. Kaufman in 1992 as managing director of PR services.

Capitoline experienced a rocky start when H&K sued former executives, accusing them of luring clients ...