Barbara Kalunian

Long Realty, a Berkshire Hathaway Affiliate, has hired Barbara Kalunian, who has 30 years of experience in marketing, branding and communications, as a real estate agent in its Oro Valley office.

Kalunian was previously senior vice president and national director of the communications and media strategy group at Ketchum, based in its Manhattan headquarters.

She also did stints at John Hancock’s corporate headquarters in Boston, Edelman’s Los Angeles and San Francisco offices, and founded Atlantic Communications Group, her own marketing agency in Boston.

Kalunian is a graduate of University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and received an M.B.A. in marketing and finance from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.