Lee Hayes of LAGRANT COMMUNICATIONS was named senior vice president/chief client officer. Prior to this, Hayes served as the vice president and managing director at the company’s Dallas office where he managed the Harley-Davidson and Bahamas Ministry of Tourism accounts.
In this newly created role, he will be responsible for strategic initiatives, quality control and new business development.
Before joining LAGRANT, Hayes worked as a communications consultant in the government, corporate and not-for-profit arenas and served as chief of communications & public affairs of Minneapolis Public Schools.
A board member of the National Black Public Relations Society and former columnist for the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Hayes has a bachelor’s degree from Metropolitan State University.