Samantha Levine, director of communications for the Children's Defense Fund - NY, has moved to SKDKnickerbocker as a senior VP in its public affairs unit.
Levine, who also served as acting executive director for the non-profit CDF-NY for five months, was a deputy press secretary on health and human services issues during the Bloomberg administration, handling the mayor's bids to curb sugary beverages and smoking. She also directed marketing and communications for Brooklyn Hospital Center.
Levine held PR and marketing posts for NARAL Pro-Choice New York and Planned Parenthood of New York.
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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