Lynn Lawson of DCI Group is the new communications director for Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett.

She succeeds Kevin Harley, who said Monday he was moving to Harrisburg PR firm Quantum Communications.

Lawson has political savvy, earned during a stint on former Governor Tom Ridge's 1998 re-election campaign.

Earlier, she was press secretary for the Keystone State's Dept. of Community and Economic Development.

Lawson will work closely with fellow Ridge alum, Leslie Gromis Baker, who is Corbett's new chief of staff.

Prior to her managing director post at DCI, Lawson handled public affairs clients at Burson-Marsteller.