Melanie Kaye, a former reporter who is a VP at GMMB, is slated to take over the director of communications slot for Second Lady Jill Biden with the departure of Courtney O’Donnell.
Kaye was as a director at Dittus Communications before moving to GMMB in 2007. She entered the agency realm after a stint as press secretary to Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, which followed journalism posts at the Green Bay News-Chronicle, The Hill and WisPolitics.com.
O’Donnell, who joined Biden at the outset of the Obama administration, headed marketing for the William J. Clinton Foundation and was an account director for Fenton Communications after several Democratic PR posts, including press secretary for the late Elizabeth Edwards during the 2004 Kerry/Edwards presidential bid.
Politico reported O’Donnell is moving to Germany with her family.