Basinski, who joined the agency as a senior associate, was previously in the Consumer Brands/Food & Nutrition department in the Chicago office of Edelman Worldwide where she oversaw a variety of well-known, national consumer food brands and nutrition commodity accounts.

DePoint has been added as an. He was previously at Minneapolis-based Tunheim Partners where he worked with a diverse group of consumer, pharmaceutical, education and agriculture clients.

"We are extremely excited about these two great new additions to our team," said Tom Lindell, managing director, Exponent PR. "Annie and Matt bring tremendous experience, energy and new ideas to the table to help fuel Exponent's ongoing growth."