Melisssa Shuffield, a former aide to Sen. John McCain, has signed on as senior VP-PA for All Aboard Florida, which plans to build a high-speed passenger train line--along with mixed use real estate deveopment--from Miami to Fort Lauderdale with stations in West Palm Beach and Orlando.
When completed in mid-2017, the Florida East Coast Industries project will be the only privately owned and operated intercity passenger rail company in the US.
Shuffield served as press secretary for the Arizona Republican in the Senate and during his 2008 Presidential campaign. She also did a stint as press secretary for former Florida Senator Mel Martinez.
Shuffield, who also worked at JP Morgan Chase as executive director for corporate communications, joins AAF from EWM, a Miami real estate developer.
Fortress Investment Group, a private equity fund with $72B assets under management, owns FECI.
Business leaders will face challenges in the upcoming year, some of which will come as a complete surprise, or beyond anyone's imagination.
Teneo has hired Philipp Grontzki, who is a 20-year veteran of corporate communications and financial journalism, as a managing director in its strategy and communications group.
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.
Abby Bailey, who headed corporate communications for Fedex in its Middle East, India and Africa region, has joined Teneo as managing director in Dubai.
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