By Kevin McCauley
Matt Burns, communications director at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, is now southwest PA market leader for Burson-Marsteller in Dallas.
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He reports to Nate Tibbits, U.S. PA practice chair.
Burns led a team of more than 200 communicators at the GOP confab, which resulted in more than 2,600 surrogate media interviews. He also handled engagement with Google, Ustream TV and Microsoft.
Earlier, he did a two-year stint as press secretary in George W. Bush’s Dept. of Veterans Affairs.
Burns joins B-M from UnitedHealth Group’s UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement unit, where he led PR, legal, government affairs, regulatory, marketing and sales functions. He also handled the strategic partnership with the National Council on Aging
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