Richard Keil has been appointed executive VP in Hill+Knowlton’s global corporate practice. The former lead White House correspondent for The Associated Press and Bloomberg News for 20 years will focus on media relations, crisis and public affairs starting in January.
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Richard KeilMost recently Keil served multiple roles in public and government affairs for ExxonMobil at its Irving, Texas, headquarters. Prior to that he was a senior communications advisor at Purple Strategies and worked at H+K merger partner Public Strategies, Inc.
“For decades Dick has been working at the intersection of business, politics and journalism – a position that has never been more critical than it is today,” said Jack Martin, global executive chairman and CEO of Hill+Knowlton Strategies.
In September, H+K named political and agency vet Joe Householder as executive VP. The former journalist and communications director for then-Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) also worked at Public Strategies and Purple Strategies.
GOP strategist Scott Reed joined H+K earlier this month.
Among H+K’s team of public affairs counselors is Mark McKinnon, co-creator and co-host of Showtime’s real-time documentary series of the 2016 presidential election: “The Circus: The Greatest Political Show on Earth.”
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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