IPG veteran Mike Guarino has been named CEO for healthcare-focused advertising and marketing agency Eversana Intouch, part of Eversana, the Chicago-based commercial services provider for pharma, biotech and other companies in the life sciences sector.  

Gaurino succeeds Angela Tenuta, who is leaving the organization.  

Most recently Guarino served as Chief Commercial Officer at IPG Health and earlier spent more than two decades in senior strategy and commercial roles at FCB Health. He was the co-founder of healthcare agency Area 23, which was recently absorbed by McCann Health New York.  

Eversana Intouch senior leaders Ann Cave, Susan Perlbachs, John Kenny and Dan Gandor will report to Guarino. Agency founder Faruk Capan will continue to be involved with agency as Chief Innovation Officer, focusing on the expansion of the company’s AI Agency platform, which was unveiled in 2025 in collaboration with Google.  

Agency clients include Biogen, Astellas and Evoke Pharma.