Hope Boonshaft joins Carmen Group as executive managing director and will lead the firm's new west coast office in Los Angeles. Carmen Group West will provide business and government consulting services including media and corporate communications, federal, state and local government relations, public and community affairs, and crisis/issues management. Initial Carmen Group West clients include ARRI, Respawn, Technicolor, SoftBank and Lionsgate. Other clients have included Fox Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Imageworks, California Emerging Technology Fund, Mazda and LinkedIn.