The U.S. Guatemala Business Council, a business association led by the Guatemala embassy in Washington and dedicated to U.S.-Guatemalan relations, has tapped top Washington lobbying shop Williams & Jensen for advocacy work pertaining to foreign relations and trade issues.
Williams & Jensen has been retained by the Central American nation to foster and promote bilateral U.S.-Guatemalan economic relations, according to lobbying registration documents filed in January.
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A four-person team at Williams & Jensen manages the account, including CEO Susan Hirschmann, who was formerly chief of staff to Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-TX) and chief of staff to Rep. Van Hilleary (R-TN); and Eric Stewart, former U.S. deputy assistant secretary for Europe/Eurasia at the Department of Commerce and as a senior advisor to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The Coalicion del Congreso de Guatemala, an alliance of political parties that work to advance the interests of the Republic of Guatemala, signed a lobbying pact with Barnes & Thornburg last year for a similar campaign to advance relations between the two countries.
Former Georgia Republican Congressman Tom Graves is representing the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, positioning the country as a reliable partner with the US.
Bridges Partners is running an influencer campaign on behalf of Israel to promote the cultural interchange between it and the US.
San Diego’s Show Faith by Works is spreading pro-Israel messaging to Christian groups in the western US on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
KNP Communications has lined up a contract to provide media training to members of Canada’s US embassy.
The firm of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has a four-month $6M agreement for strategic communications and media services in support of Havas Media’s engagement by Israel to develop a nationwide campaign in the US to combat antisemitism.
