russ williamsRuss Williams, senior VP for crisis and issues management at Cohn & Wolfe, has moved to Washington-based crisis and disaster specialist Witt O'Brien's as VP of crisis communications.

WO is the firm of former Clinton administration FEMA chief James Lee Witt and the late Jim O'Brien, who built the firm specializing in oil spill response.

Williams, as a member of C&W's corporate practice, helped prepare crisis plans and providing crisis and litigation PR support to clients.

He was a SVP for Hayslett Group and director of media relations for natural gas purveyor AGL Resources in Atlanta after two years as a spokesman for Delta Air Lines.