Hastie Afkhami, senior VP for Social@Ogilvy, has joined Podesta Group PR as senior VP and director of digtial as the Washington-based public affairs firm ramps up its digital and PR operations.

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Podesta also tapped principal David Marin as managing principal of its PR unit, which the firm said has tripled in revenue over the past five years. Marin, who has pushed Podesta into analytics, has led campaigns for the golf industry (We Are Golf) and CrossFit, among others.

Afkhami started out at Booz Allen Hamilton and Emerson Human Capital Consulting before moving to Ogilvy in 2011.