Jordan Valdés, an Obama appointee who served as senior advisor in the Office of International Trade in the Small Business Administration, has moved to beltway PR and business strategy giant APCO Worldwide, where she’s been named a senior director.
 Jordan Valdés |
Valdés joins APCO from Washington D.C. public affairs mainstay Podesta Group, where was stationed for more than three years and most recently held the position of senior vice president. As senior advisor for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of International Trade, Valdés represented that federal agency during negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks and supported the rollout of President Obama’s National Export Initiative.
Prior to her time at the SBA, Valdés advised the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department of Energy and the World Bank, and also served as a senior advisor to the Prime Minister of Bahrain.
Valdés will serve as a senior director in APCO’s D.C. headquarters, and will counsel clients on commercial, policy, and political issues.
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