Stephen Burns, who handled California government affairs at Chevron, has left for Burson-Marsteller's Sacramento office for a managing director slot in its US PA and crisis practice.
He will spearhead the WPP unit’s west coast PA offering, concentrating on energy, environment and technology.
Burns joined Chevron in 2002 with its acquisition of Texaco, becoming the company’s first CSR manager.
Prior to Chevron, Burns was federal government affairs chief at Enron Corp., dealing with its broadband services and overseas project.
Earlier, he co-founded the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council of 22 nations, serving as executive director of the PECC Energy Forum.
At B-M, he reports to US president Michael Law.
DJE Holdings, parent of Edelman and Zeno, launches RUTH as an independent shop named after Ruth Edelman, mental health advocate, wife and longtime business partner of Dan Edelman.
New York City PR firms make up the largest slice of O'Dwyer's 147 firm overall ranking with 33 of 40 in the New York/New Jersey area either calling Manhattan their home or having a presence there.
Subject Matter+Kivvit, which joined forces in May, has rebranded as Avoq, an integrated shop with more than 200 professionals in Washington, New York, Asbury Park (NJ), Miami and Chicago.
While PR pros stationed at in-house comms. teams and those working for agencies share many of the same objectives, they also have markedly different top priorities, according to a recent report.
Edelman is cutting 240 employees or about four percent of its workforce to cope with the cooling down of the PR sector, according to a memo from CEO Richard Edelman.
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