Lisa Osborne Ross, EVP and corporate and PA practice head for Ogilvy PR in Washington, has decamped to head APCO Worldwide's DC office.
Ross takes the post vacated by Mike Tuffin, who left the MD slot in April to become senior VP of external affairs and PA at UnitedHealth Group.
Ross spent 20 years at Ogilvy after a stint at FleishmanHillard. She was communications director for the US Dept. of Labor and chief of staff for the Clinton White House's Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach.
APCO CEO Brand Staples noted Washington is the firm's "corporate headquarters and our first office," as well as "a very special market for APCO." He praised Ross' "appreciation of the fusion of public affairs and corporate communications to address today's communications challenges."
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