Doug Dowie, the ex-FleishmanHillard executive who went to federal prison in 2011 on charges of overcharging the Los Angeles Dept. of Water Power, is back in the PR game with Evolution Communications in LA.
"After my much-delayed two-year sabbatical, I’ve been free for a year, working nearly full-time for U.S.VETS, the nation’s largest nonprofit devoted to homeless and at-risk veterans, but I’ve been encouraged by a lot people to expand my horizons with Evolution," he told O'Dwyers.
In introducing Evolution, Dowie pokes fun of the much-used "disruption" term, posting in a "chaotic media environment where disruption is considered an achievement, there is no substitute for experience."
Dowie, a decorated Marine Corps vet who served in Vietnam, has 35 years of PA experience and is former managing editor of the LA Daily News.
He began his career as reporter for California Public Radio and left FH as senior VP & LA/GM slot after a 14-year stint at the firm.
Just prior to FH, Dowie was senior aide to California State Assemblyman Richard Katz.
Bill Knoedelseder, ex-staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, Bill Bucy, former UPI San Francisco bureau chief, and Ninon Aprea, daughter of legendary California lawmaker George Zenovich and ex-VP at green energy company Railscout, join Dowie at Evolution (www.evocomllc.com).
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Teneo has hired Philipp Grontzki, who is a 20-year veteran of corporate communications and financial journalism, as a managing director in its strategy and communications group.
Rowan Benecke, who co-founded Zeno Group and helmed Burson-Marsteller's tech practice, has joined McKinsey & Co as director of communications for North America.
BCW has named Golin's Matt Coldagelli EVP and leader of its corporate affairs practice in Chicago.
Abby Bailey, who headed corporate communications for Fedex in its Middle East, India and Africa region, has joined Teneo as managing director in Dubai.
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