Maria Cristina González Noguera, communications director to First Lady Michelle Obama, is returning to the Estee Lauder Companies, where she previously led corporate communications, in the post of senior VP, global public affairs.
Noguera joined the East Wing in 2013 as a special assistant to the First Lady, handling strategic planning and message development.
She was previously VP of corporate comms. at New York-based Estee Lauder. She takes up the new post on July 1 under executive chairman William Lauder and president/CEO Fabrizio Freda. She will focus on PA and global government affairs for the cosmetics giant.
Earlier, she was a managing director for Chlopak, Leonard, Schechter & Associates.
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