By Kevin McCauley
Vada Manager, who handled global issues management at Nike, has taken a senior VP slot at APCO Worldwide.
During a dozen years at Nike, Manager navigated labor practices, global sourcing procedures, product recalls, crisis management for athletes and marketing communications.
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He served on the nike.com launch team and helped roll out the acquisition of Converse and Starter brands to the media. Manager was Nike’s senior issues strategist during the Olympics and World Cup.
Earlier, Manager served as senior manager-global communications for Levi Strauss & Co and VP at Powell Tate.
At PT, he repped PGA Tour, Major League Baseball, Court TV and the African National Congress in its rise to power in South Africa under Nelson Mandela, activity funded by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Manager was running his own issues/sports consultancy before joining APCO.
Former Nike VP/corporate communications Kirk Stewart is an executive VP at APCO. |