Everett Eissensat
Everett Eissenstat

Edelman is providing communications support to Panama’s Ministry of Commerce and Industries under an agreement capped at $97,100 per month.

Working as a subcontractor to Squire Patton Boggs, Edelman’s will offer strategic counsel and handle media relations, stakeholder identification & engagement and content development duties.

Everett Eissenstat, North American chairman of Edelman Global Advisory, is working on the Panama business. He joined the independent PR firm in March from General Motors, where he was senior VP, global public policy.

Jere Sullivan, international chair of EGA, program managers Hanna Rudorf and Jack O’Shea, and senior A/E-digital Luis Felipe Betancourt Silva round out the Panama team.

MICI hired Squire Patton Boggs to engage with US government officials, think tanks, business communities, media and the public as part of a comprehensive program to enhance its outreach in DC and strengthen Panama’s ties with the US.