Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, whose signing of a controversial religious discrimination law drew widespread scorn against his administration and state, has brought in a new communications director.
Shelley Triol, director of strategic communications for the state's Dept. of Administration who worked on the agency side with Sease, Gerig & Associates in Indianpolis, has taken the post. Triol is a former TV news producer in central Indiana.
She follows the appointment of Koch Industries PR exec Matt Lloyd in late April as a deputy chief of staff focused on PR for Pence.
Communications director Christy Denault resigned at the height of the religion law blowback in April to spend more time with her young children. Her last day was May 22.
Indiana in April hired Porter Novelli to repair the PR damage. The firm's initial pact with the Indiana Economic Development Corp. is worth $750K through September with a second phase to be determined.
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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