Andrea SaulAndrea Saul, press secretary for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, has landed at Lean In, the new non-profit founded by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to support women in achieving professional and personal goals.

Saul has been tapped to "run communications and help reach women – and men – so that we can all work together towards a more equal world," Sandberg said in a statement.

Saul, who started out in PR at DCI Group, was communications director for Florida Gov. Charlie Crist before joining Romney's Free & Strong America PAC and then the Romney campaign as its national spokeswoman.

Earlier, she worked comms. for Sen. John McCain's 2008 White House bid.

The Lean In group is named after Sandberg's bestselling book.