Caitlin Hayden, former spokeswoman for the National Security Council and special assistant to President Obama, has landed at Edelman in Washington as a senior VP in its media and technology unit.
Hayden, who left the NSC in October and was a top foreign policy voice for the administration, is a former deputy PA officer for the US Embassy in Kabul and held State Dept. posts since 2001.
Edelman said Hayden will develop media strategies for clients and help them "tell their narratives through content creation."
Bernadette Meehan took the reins as NSC spokeswoman on Hayden's exit.
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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