Tina Pelkey, most recently senior VP of Republican communications shop Black Rock Group, has signed on as spokesperson for Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai.
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Tina PelkeyPreviously, she worked at Weber Shandwick (Belgium), DCI Group and served as national press secretary for Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).
“Tina brings to the job a wealth of media relations experience, a tremendous work ethic, and a lot of energy,” Pai said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Internet companies such as Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Netflix, Facebook, Reddit, LinkedIn and Amazon are participating in today’s “Day of Action” to protest a threat to retreat from “Net Neutrality.”
They want to head off a Trump administration effort to roll back regulations that require Internet service providers to treat all customers and data equally.
Pai in April expressed support for the ISPs, saying it was “basic economics.”
Jeffrey Nesbit, who served as communications director for former vice president Dan Quayle, is named assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Kate Bedingfield, White House communications director, will exit at the end of the month. Ben LaBolt, a longtime Biden adviser, will take the CD post.
Cathy Cochran, senior VP in Teneo’s Washington office, has rejoined the US Dept of Agriculture as director in its communications office.
Mexico is working with the DC-based Global Action on Gun Violence to push for “impactful gun violence prevention strategies” in the US.
Douglas Farrar, who was VP-communications and strategy at the Carnegie Center for International Peace, has joined the Federal Trade Commission as PA director.
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