Sonya Medina, a PR exec and former advisor to First Lady Laura Bush, has joined the board of directors of pizza franchise Papa John's International.
Medina was VP of community and external affairs or Silver Eagle Distributors, the San Antonio-based beer distribution giant, handling corporate affairs, PR and government affairs, among other roles.
Papa John's CEO John Schnatter praise her PR savvy in announcing the appointment. "We are delighted to welcome Sonya to our [board] and look forward to the value of her extensive communications and public affairs exerpeience will bring to our brand."
Silver Eagle is the top distributor of Anheuser-Busch beers in the US and one of the large Grupo modelo distributors (Corona, Modelo, Pacifico).
Earlier, she was deputy assistant to the Presidnt for domestic policy and director of projects for First Lady Laura Bush during the recent Bush administration. She also directed the AT&T Corporate Foundation amd worked with UNICEF.
Papa John's hired Edelman last year as its national AOR for PR.
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