stevemcbeeSteve McBee, whose DC public affairs shop absorbed PR firm Gibraltar Associates last year, is leaving McBee Strategic for a top post with NRG Energy.
McBee is a former aide to ex-Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) and founded McBee Consulting in Washington in 2003. He merged with Gibraltar last year to form McBee's PR unit McBee|Gibraltar, parlaying McBee's PA and lobbying savvy with Gibraltar's communications experience.
The Washington Post first reported McBee's move, noting NRG's plans to announce his role with the company at a later date. Politico reported Nov. 11 that speculation about the firm's future is rampant on K Street.
The firm said details are forthcoming.
NRG, a McBee client and one of the country's top electricity producers, is dually headquartered in Houston and Princeton, N.J. Karen Cleeve is VP of communications for NRG based in Princeton. Jerianne Thomas stepped down as VP of corporate communications in Houston this year.