Bud Albright, who served in three Republican Administrations, is joining Ogilvy Government Relations on May 15.
Currently, he serves senior VP/policy & government relations at CenterPoint Energy.
He also led government relations and both Reliant Energy and Mortgage Bankers Assn.
Albright did federal stints as under secretary at the Dept. of Energy, deputy general counsel at Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, deputy attorney general and staff director at the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Chris Giblin, OGR principal, believes Albright’s “unique mix of strategic vision, political experience, and policy expertise across many industries to our team.”
Missy Edwards Strategies represents Shein Technology Group, the Los Angeles arm of the embattled Singapore-based “instant fashion” retailer.
Carlsbad, a north San Diego County city of 115K people, is looking for a firm to provide government relations and Sacramento lobbying services.
Gordon Sondland, who was US ambassador to the European Union under Donald Trump, has registered as a representative of Ukraine’s cabinet and ministers.
The Daschle Group is representing Santa Monica-based Stand with Hong Kong Action, an advocacy group that fights to end Chinese repression in Hong Kong.
McKinsey & Co. has reached out to Republican shop Harbinger Strategies to educate policymakers about the activities of the embattled management consultancy.
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