the firm, including its global digital director, director of global health and regulatory affairs, executive VP for strategic planning and research, senior VP for global digital and PR and its executive VPs for global content director and social media. Departures continued in 2012 with departures of Stockman, the CFO, the chief marketing officer, and the president. Karen van Bergen was selected as the new CEO in December 2012. In November 2013, the Navy Federal Credit Union filed a complaint against the firm in the San Diego County Superior Court for the purposes of collecting payment on a contract. Brad MacAfee then became CEO in February 2016, when van Bergen rose to the role of CEO of parent Omnicom Public Relations Group. David Bentley became the CEO in March 2020, replacing Brad MacAfee. In 2017, Omnicom shifted Cone Communications under Porter Novelli, although Cone retains its separate brand. In 2018, Porter Novelli launched a "purpose practice" for organizations focused on corporate social responsibility. The company has also conducted research on how advertising that features a brand's purpose affects consumer perception. In 2022, the firm co-published research with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disability and the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education, studying the use of a paid digital marketing campaign to promote a mobile childhood developmental tracking application. House investigation Between 2017 and 2020, Porter Novelli earned more than $5 million in taxpayer funds to promote the public profile of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma, a Trump administration official. In September 2020 the House Committee on Oversight and Reform released a report outlining how Porter Novelli used taxpayer funds to promote Verma, and detailing how Porter Novelli shuffled money to private Republican political operators including Nahigian Strategies, Pam Stevens, and nearly two dozen other Republican contractors. The committee stated that CMS "potentially" violated the law by directing taxpayer funds. Notable campaigns Porter Novelli has received attention for campaigns including an HIV prevention campaign for the Centers for Disease Control, the USDA MyPyramid food guidance system, the M&M's Global Color Vote, and the Almond Board of California's "Carpe PM" campaign. In 1998, the firm launched Florida's anti-tobacco "Truth" campaign, which expanded nationally two years later. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in 2009 gave the firm a three-year contract to support its "Learn More Breathe Better" campaign for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease