Andrea Saul, a political PR pro who led marketing and communications for Sheryl Sandberg's LeanIn.org group, has moved to grocery delivery service Instacart as VP of communications.
Instacart, with a valuation around $2B and $275M in funding from some of Silicon Valley's top VC firms, is a same-day delivery service initially focused on groceries. It started in the San Francisco market and has expanded to 16 cities in the US with prominent partners like Whole Foods and Costco.
Saul was national press secretary for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential bid and Carly Fiorina's 2010 senate campaign, and directed media affairs for Sen. John McCain's 2008 White House run. She was communications director for a brief stint with Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and started out with DCI Group in Washington.
Saul spent the last two years at LeanIn.org, a non-profit backed by Sandberg, Facebook's COO, focused on opportunities for women.
Boston's Big Swing Communications is Instacart's outside PR firm.
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Rowan Benecke, who co-founded Zeno Group and helmed Burson-Marsteller's tech practice, has joined McKinsey & Co as director of communications for North America.
BCW has named Golin's Matt Coldagelli EVP and leader of its corporate affairs practice in Chicago.
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