Erik Balsbaugh, principal for Dewey Square Group, has rolled to the American Gaming Association as VP of public affairs for the Washington-based trade group for the $240B casino sector.
At AGA, he works under senior VP Sara Rayme and will focus on efforts to change sports betting law and the industry's overall image. Amid the rise of the lucrative fantasy sports sector, the AGA in November kicked off a major initiative to target $138.9B in illegal sports betting and study alternatives to approach the issue.
At Dewey Square, he worked on the successful passage and later defense against repeal of Massachusetts' 2011 gaming expansion law, which granted three casinos and a slots parlor in the state.
He was previously executive director of the Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters.
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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