Burson-Marsteller has named Nate Tibbits, former executive secretary at the U.S. National Security Council,as chair of the U.S. public affairs practice. He takes over for Mike Lake, who will continue as the firm’s southwest market leader.
Tibbits, Schneider, Sheehan |
Prior to the NSC, Tibbits served as special assistant to the president for presidential personnel, responsible for the identification and selection of more than 1,000 appointments. He played a similar role in the Obama-Biden transition program.
Tibbits was founding COO at the Center for a New American Security, VP for international education at Discovery Communications and staffer at The Albright Group.
The WPP unit also named Johanna Schneider, executive director of external relations at the Business Roundtable, as managing director and market leader for the Washington office. She also served as senior advisor at the National Institutes of Health, deputy assistant secretary for at the Labor Dept., and press secretary for former Republican leader Robert Michel.
Laura Sheehan, who was senior VP at the American Gas Assn., is now leader of B-M’s’ D.C. PA practice. She once ran the energy/environmental unit at FD Dittus Communications and was policy director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.