By Kevin McCauley
Esther Lee, who was senior policy advisor to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and director of Commerce's office of innovation and entrepreneurship, has moved to Burson-Marsteller as chief marketing & new business officer.
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She counseled Locke, who is slated to become U.S. Ambassador to China, on technology, green investments, economic development and small business issues. Lee established the innovation office and helped launch the White House's "Startup America" program.
B-M CEO Mark Penn expects Lee, who becomes a member of B-M's business operations team, to be a "valuable counselor."
Prior to government service, Lee founded a digital media company, served as chief marketing and administrative officer at CIT Group's specialty finance unit and did marketing/sales stints at Siemens and Time-Warner. She began her career as a journalist at CNN.
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