 Ruth Guerra |
CLS Strategies has hired Ruth Guerra, former director of Hispanic media at the Republican National Committee, as managing director.
She was most recently communications director at the center-right American Action Network, which today unveiled a $2M ad push in support of tax reform, positioning it as a boon to the middle class.
Guerra, who got her start in politics during John McCain's 2008 presidential run, also was communications director for Rep. Sam Johnson of Texas and Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida.
CLS founding partners Bob Chlopak is former executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Committee and head of Sawyer Miller's Washington office.
Omnicom owns CLS Strategies.
DJE Holdings, parent of Edelman and Zeno, launches RUTH as an independent shop named after Ruth Edelman, mental health advocate, wife and longtime business partner of Dan Edelman.
New York City PR firms make up the largest slice of O'Dwyer's 147 firm overall ranking with 33 of 40 in the New York/New Jersey area either calling Manhattan their home or having a presence there.
Subject Matter+Kivvit, which joined forces in May, has rebranded as Avoq, an integrated shop with more than 200 professionals in Washington, New York, Asbury Park (NJ), Miami and Chicago.
While PR pros stationed at in-house comms. teams and those working for agencies share many of the same objectives, they also have markedly different top priorities, according to a recent report.
Edelman is cutting 240 employees or about four percent of its workforce to cope with the cooling down of the PR sector, according to a memo from CEO Richard Edelman.
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