Chris Walker, who was communications director for ex-Sen. Bill Frist's education initiative, Tennessee SCORE, has joined JDA Frontline as a VP based in Nashville for the D.C.-based firm.
Walker had been running his own Nashville shop, Walker Public Affairs, for the past five years. He is a former director of research for the Republican National Committee and served special assistant roles at the Dept. of Defense, Treasury and for the late Sen. Fred Thompson. He was press secretary to Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.).
JDA president Jim Fyke said he's known Walker since the 2004 election cycle through the RNC and praised his "impecccable reputation."
The hire is part of the Washington firm's southern expansion that includes Charleston and Atlanta.
Maggie Moran, who is well-connected in New Jersey and New York Democratic politics, has established Moxie Strategies in Asbury Park, NJ.
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.
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