Ogilvy has picked up Nike for Washington issues regarding trade, tax, healthcare, sports and privacy issues.

nikeThe Beaverton, Ore-based athletic footwear and apparel importer has been working with the Alpine Group on PA/government relations since February. The firm of Rhod Shaw, who was chief of staff to Ohio liberal Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, handles trade and Nike’s hot button sustainability strategy.

Alpine collected $90K of Nike’s $500K lobbying outlays for the year.

Ogilvy Government Relations CEO Chris Gibin, one-time chief of staff to Texas Republican Congressman John Carter, leads the Nike team.

He's joined by Tony Bullock, COS to the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York; Dean Aguillen, ex-aide to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Moses Mercado, deputy COS to ex-Majority Leader Dick Gephardt.