By Kevin McCauley
Burleigh Leonard, a former White House and RJR Nabisco staffer, has joined Prime Policy Group as a senior consultant.
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He is to focus on nutrition, food safety, agriculture, farm credit, trade issues and business development for the WPP-owned operation.
Leonard served in the Reagan White House as special assistant and executive secretary for the President’s Cabinet Council on Food and Agriculture.
He began his career as legislative assistant to Sen. John Danforth (R-MO), handling international trade, agriculture, energy and environmental issues.
Leonard also was a staffer on the Senate’s Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, tackling issues concerning trade, crop insurance, food safety and farm commodity programs.
After leaving the White House, Leonard joined the Washington office of RJR Nabisco. He was upped to VP-government relations for areas such as taxation, advertising, trade and health.
Leonard also ran his own government relations firm that handled corporate and trade association clients.
Charlie Black, chairman of PPG, has worked with Leonard for many years during his public and private sector tours of duty said of the new hire: “No one else in Washington has a command of these issues and an ability to navigate the legislative landscape the way Burleigh does.”
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