New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio has named Andrea Hagelgans director of agency communications to handle his ties with various municipal units and his cabinet.
She was at Camino Public Relations and handled Planned Parenthood's high-profile response to the decision of Susan G. Komen’s Foundation to pull funding. Chelsea-based Camino works for non-profit working on progressive issues.
Earlier, Hagelgans was deputy press secretary for NYC’s campaign finance board.
The mayor said in a statement that he expects the new hire "will help our cabinet and agencies clearly communicate this administration’s vision and policies to the people of NYC."
Husch Blackwell Strategies has added FleishmanHillard alum Michael Slatin as a principal in its public affairs group.
Rory Cooper, a veteran Republican operative and policy specialist, has joined Teneo’s Washington office as senior managing director in its strategy & communications practice.
Brian Fallon, who served as national press secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, is signing on next month as Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ campaign communications director.
TikTok is nothing more than a Chinese propaganda tool that poses “a grave threat to America’s national security and, in particular, impressionable children and young adults,” say two Congressmen who want the platform registered as a foreign agent.
Public Strategies Washington has added Abbie Sorrendino, a former aide to now Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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