Boutique lobbying and government affairs firm Sonoran Policy Group has signed a pro-bono contract with Iceland’s Embassy in Washington, D.C. to provide government affairs and commercial sector counsel.
SPG will provide brand engagement for the Nordic island country to Congressional and Executive Branch members along with engagement across Capitol Hill and in the corporate sector on an as-needed and agreed-upon basis.
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The agreement became effective in October and runs until early January.
SPG’s president until several months ago was former Trump campaign political director Stuart Jolly, who left the firm in May after he was accused of boasting about his access to the White House in a now-deleted Facebook post that showed him standing before a convoy of presidential limousines, accompanied by the caption “My uber finally arrived!”
Other SPG staffers are Robin Townley, one-time aide to former national security advisor Michael Flynn, and Jacob Daniels, who was the Trump campaign’s chief of staff for Michigan.
The Washington-based lobbying firm has inked recent pacts with Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Kenya and Czech Republic, as well as New Zealand’s Washington Embassy.
Impact Management Group, which is headed by Republican operative Terry Benham, works to build US support for Ukraine.
Rational 360 has ironed out its six-month $1.2M contract with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to position it as a “sophisticated global investment fund.”
APCO has signed on to promote this month’s visit of Ahmed Al Khateeb, head of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Tourism, to the US.
The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Tourism has signed on Montieth & Co. for strategic communications and media relations duties as chaos grips neighboring Haiti.
Edelman is negotiating a formal contract with the Bahamas for strategic communications on issues impacting its reputation abroad.
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