Tanya Bradsher, a veteran military and government communicator, has moved to the American Psychiatric Association as chief of communications for the Arlington, Va.-based trade group.
Jason Young exited the role in June on his appointment by the Obama administration to be assistant commissioner of media affairs and senior advisor to the commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration.
The APA, with 36,500 members and 75 chapters, bills itself as the "voice and conscience of modern psychiatry," advocating best practices, ethical standards and principles of treatment.
Glenn O'Neal, a former USA Today editor who is director of corporate comms. and PA for the APA, served as interim communications chief for the past four months.
Bradsher oversees all communications, public affairs, integrated marketing and member communications for the organization.
She recently served as chief of plans for public affairs at the Defense Health Agency, Tricare, as well as assistant secretary for PA at the US Dept. of Homeland Security.
Bradsher, a former Army press and PA officer, spent three years at the White House, including in the Office of Public Engagement focused on veterans, wounded warriors and military family outreach.
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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