Landon Fulmer, chief of staff for Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, is leaving Topeka for DC on Jan. 5 for the VP/state affairs post at the Alliance of Auto Manufacturers.
He quarterbacked the Sunflower State's controversial $3B school funding scheme that lifting limits on local school boards to levy property taxes. A new income distribution plan is in the works.
Fulmer also worked with Senator Brownback, a former presidential hopeful.
Mitch Bainwol, CEO of the AAM, said Fulmer "comes from a state where ideas are fervently debated and rough-and-tumble politics is a way of telling your constituents that you care."
He called him a "steady, smart, a great listener and a natural leader -- all qualities that will make him a terrific ambassador for our industry."
The Alliance represents a dozen auto companies including General Motors, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volvo, Toyota, BMW and Mazda.
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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