Dave Dziok, spokesperson for former Congresswoman and Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, has joined Koch Industries in Washington as communications director.
As communications chief for the once obscure Minnesota Representative, Dziok helped fuel her rise to national prominence and founding of the Tea Party caucus.
Dziok departed Bachmann's office in 2010 for an Edelman account supervisor/tech policy slot. He exited the independent PR firm as VP-PA.
Steve Lombardo, former CEO of Edelman's StrategyOne operation and Burson-Marsteller's PA/crisis chair, joined Koch Industries in 2014 as chief communications/marketing officer.
Koch Industries owns Georgia-Pacific, Flint Hills Resources, Molex (electronic components), Koch Pipeline, Matador Cattle, Odessa Power, Invista (chemicals) and Koch Chemical Technology Group.
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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