By Kevin McCauley
Parita Shah, a Commerce Dept. PA strategist, is now at APCO Worldwide dealing with international trade policy and intellectual property issues.
She handled the 100-day outreach effort that introduced former Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to the people, media and leadership of China as he took up the U.S. Ambassador post there.
At Commerce, Parita was press secretary and deputy director of PA positions. She tackled issues, such as bilateral trade disputes, market access barriers trade missions for business executives and PR around the annual U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade.
Earlier, she was press secretary for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. |