The California High-Speed Rail Authority has named Lisa Marie Alley chief of communications, elevating the three-year authority vet from a deputy slot.Alley is a former TV journalist who moved into PR in 2008 with Blanning & Baker Associates.
The authority oversees the state's embattled proposed $98B bid to build a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
"No infrascture program of this size and importance can be successfully implemented without effectively communicating its purpose, progress, and benefits to the public and stakeholders," said Authority CEO Jeff Morales.
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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