NRA Serves Up PA Duties to Kennedy
Thu, May 16, 2019
By Kevin McCauley
The National Restaurant Assn. has hired Sean Kennedy, who was in charge of global government affairs for the Airlines for America trade group, as executive VP of PA.
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The National Restaurant Assn. has hired Sean Kennedy, who was in charge of global government affairs for the Airlines for America trade group, as executive VP of PA.
Jasmine Blake, spokesperson for the embattled New York City Housing Authority, has joined BerlinRosen as VP for public affairs.
Tusk Strategies, political consulting/strategic communications shop, is coordinating the effort to torpedo New York mayor Bill de Blasio's push to kill the admissions test for the city's eight specialized high schools.
Andrea Mokros, VP-communications & events for the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee from 2015 to 2018 and top aide to First Lady Michelle Obama, is now at Weber Shandwick as senior VP-corporate & PA in its Minneapolis office.
Dave Oxner, who heads government relations at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Assn., is joining Washington PA firm Cogent Strategies.
A solid majority of voters want president Trump to discuss plans to improve healthcare and to bolster jobs/economy during his State of the Union. Only a third of them want to hear about the Trump Wall. (5 reader comments)
Former Virginia Congresswoman Barbara Comstock, who lost her seat in 2018 to underdog Democrat Jennifer Wexton, has joined Baker Donelson as senior advisor in its government relations and public policy group. (1 reader comment)
Scott Dodsworth, who was head of strategic planning at British defense giant BAE Systems, has joined Hill+Knowlton Strategies as PA chief in the UK.
Bill Burton, who helped engineer the rise of Barack Obama from obscure Senator to the White House, has exited Democratic powerhouse firm SKDKnickerbocker, to join ex-Starbucks chief Howard Schultz's quixotic bid for the White House as an independent. (4 reader comments)
Luke Ballman, who served as deputy assistant secretary for legislative affairs at the Treasury Dept. during the Obama and Trump administrations, has joined Chartwell Strategy Group as senior VP.
Haley Davidson, who worked for Tennessee Congressman Jim Cooper for a dozen years, is now at Calvert Street Group in Nashville.
Antonia Ferrier, a top aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has shifted to Definers Public Affairs as partner.
Kara Hauck, most recently communications director for the House Republican Conference and its chair, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, has joined Qorvis as VP-PA.
Antonio Villaraigosa, former mayor of Los Angeles who ran an unsuccessful bid for California governor, has landed at Mercury as co-chairman.
Voters blame the media and politicians for America’s divisive political climate, but while nearly all want our leaders to come together and address issues, a majority also admitted there are some issues for which politicians should never compromise. (2 reader comments)
The ability to deliver urgent information to vulnerable, remote, disenfranchised or socially excluded audiences through public awareness and education campaigns matters now more than ever.
David Fischer, who was senior director at the American Chemistry Council during a ten-year stint, has joined IBEX Partners, the DC-based public affairs shop launched by B-M alums.
Embattled Facebook has hired Nick Clegg, a former UK deputy prime minister, to head its global affairs operation.
David Marchick is leaving his managing director and global head of external affairs post at Carlyle Group, the DC-based investment firm giant, at the end of the year.
Mary Schapiro, former Securities and Exchange Commission chair, has joined Bloomberg LP as vice chair of global public policy. She'll also counsel Michael Bloomberg, who is expected to seek the Democratic presidential nod.
Amy Andryszak, who handled government relations for diversified New York-based giant Loews Corp. and its subsidiaries, has joined Ogilvy Government Relations.
Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is receiving criticism for barring journalists from two otherwise public community meetings.
General Motors has named Everett Eissenstat, who has more than 20 years of international government affairs experience, senior VP-global public policy.
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