Alpaytac, the Chicago-based PR and PA firm that works with Turkey's Washington embassy, has named Ogilvy alum Rory Davenport to manage its DC outpost.
Davenport is a former senior VP with Ogilvy PR, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, FleishmanHillard and Edelman in the capital, handling political and PA assignments.
Alpaytac, led by Huma Gruaz, set up shop in Washington last year when it landed a $1.4M PR pact with Turkey. It has also worked with Turkish Airlines, consumer electronics retailer Abt Electronics and consumer products marketer Euro-Pro.
Gruaz said Davenport brings " big agency-caliber expertise into the fast and flexible boutique environment" of Alpaytac.
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.
Have a comment? Send it to 
No comments have been submitted for this story yet.