BoJo Aide Bounces to H+K
Tue, Jan. 28, 2020
By Kevin McCauley
Geraint Evans, who was an advisor to now UK prime minister Boris Johnson, has joined Hill+Knowlton Strategies as strategy director of public affairs in London.
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Geraint Evans, who was an advisor to now UK prime minister Boris Johnson, has joined Hill+Knowlton Strategies as strategy director of public affairs in London.
Avery Boggs has joined the government affairs team at Charter Communications, where she’s been named group vice president, policy communications.
Former Florida Republican Congressman Jeff Miller has joined Omnicom’s Mercury PA unit as co-chairman.
Former California Senator Barbara Boxer has joined Omnicom's Mercury public affairs unit in Los Angeles as co-chair. She is Mercury's first female co-chair.
KayAnn Schoeneman, Ketchum senior VP, PA director and DC marketplace leader, has joined Curley Co. as senior VP and corporate/PA director.
James Davis, who formerly ran a communications agency for the Koch Network, has launched his own practice, Touchdown Strategies, LLC. (1 reader comment)
Twitter’s recent decision to ban political advertising has left many companies, trade associations and advocacy groups wondering how the move will impact their ability to connect with stakeholders. (1 reader comment)
Zoe Thorogood, who exited APCO Worldwide’s Washington office in March 2018 to become chief of staff & director of external communications of UK’s Conservative Party, will return to the PA firm on Oct 23.
Margaret Peterlin, who was chief of staff to former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, is leaving her AT&T senior VP-global external & public affairs at the end of the year.
Mark Isakowitz, chief of staff to Ohio Republican Senator Rob Portman has joined Google as VP-government affairs & public policy in Washington.
Liz Reicherts, head of US government affairs for German industrial giant Siemens, is joining General Motors Sept. 15 as VP-external affairs.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has named Chieko Noguchi the PA director of the Washington-based organization. Noguchi will succeed Judy Keane when she starts the job on Sept. 9.
2019-2020 election cycle will generate about $6 billion in paid political ad placements, according to estimates released by Kantar Media. (2 reader comments)
Chris Cox, who was executive director of the National Rifle Association for 17 years before exiting in June after an alleged coup attempt, has launched his own consulting firm, Capitol 6 Advisors.
Bob Hume, who was senior advisor to Minnesota governor Mark Dayton and now Senator Tina Smith, joins Tunheim as PA director.
James Barbour, who led the European Union's PA and communications effort in Washington, has signed on as US PA chief at Hill+Knowlton Strategies.
Rich Masters, executive VP at Qorvis Communications, is taking the top public affairs post at BIO, trade group of biotechnology companies and academic institutions, on June 17.
Abbie McDonough, who was communications director for North Dakota’s Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp, has joined WPP’s Breakwater Strategy as VP.
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.
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