Lindsey Kozberg, who led external affairs for RAND Corp., has moved to anti-smoking campaign Legacy in Washington as its first chief communications officer.
Kozberg, who has been a strategic advisor of California Strategies in Los Angeles for the past year, will oversee strategic communications for the American Legacy Foundation's public education, research, community activism and engagement efforts. An attorney, she was previously VP of external affairs at RAND and earlier directed public affairs at the Dept. of Education during the recent Bush administration.
The hire of Legacy's first CCO comes as the organization faces the rise of e-cigarette use among teens. The Centers for Disease Control raised the alarm this month with a report that found that "vaping" among high school students has increased three-fold in the past year. "This is a critical time for our organization," said Legacy CEO and President Robin Koval.
Legacy last year re-launched its impactful "truth" campaign against tobacco use under the "Finish It" tagline. The organization was created from the 1998 settlement with major tobacco companies.
Legacy has also brought in Michael Cohen from the Walt Disney Co. as VP of corporate partnerships. Both execs are moving to Washington from Southern California.
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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