Maya Seiden, who served in the Obama Administration's State Dept. for five years, and was special assistant for the Energy Dept. and White House Cabinet Secretary under Bill Clinton, is now at Republican-leaning BGR Group.
In her State Dept. stint, Seiden was in charge of budget, strategic planning and the US Agency for International Development.
She also worked as VP-corporate strategy & business development at BlackRock, held various posts at New York University revolving its operations and general counsel units and did crisis work at Edelman.
Haley Barbour, former Mississippi Governor and Republican National Committee chair, said Seiden's "Democratic roots, her outstanding service in Democratic administrations will offer fresh perspective for BGR."
He's founding partner of BGR.
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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