By Kevin McCauley
Julie Hasquet, press secretary to Alaska Senator Mark Begich, is joining BP as director of government and public affairs for its Alaskan operations.
The former British Petroleum operates 15 fields on Alaska’s North Slope, accounting for about two-thirds of the oil production in The Last Frontier.
On Sept. 10, BP announced the sale of “non-strategic” Gulf of Mexico assets to Plains Explorations and Production in a deal worth $5.6B.
Hasquet has worked for Begich since 2003. She provided key outreach to conservative radio talk show hosts during Begich’s successful 2008 campaign against Republican Ted Stevens, according to a report in the Alaska Dispatch.
Begich has hired Amy Miller, VP at Anchorage’s Thompson & Co. PR firm, to succeed Hasqut. She worked as a reporter for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and communications director at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma.
Miller will begin work for Begich on Sept. 26.
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