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APCO Worldwide has signed on to represent New York-based Global Citizen, the nonprofit dedicated to eradicating extreme poverty by 2030.
The GC platform relies on social action such as events, content, partnerships and grassroots organizing to generate funds.
It's high-profile Global Citizen Festival held last September in Central Park featured performances by The Killers, Steven Wonder, The Lumineers and The Chainsmokers.
The organization claims to have received financial commitments of $35B since 2012, of which $10B of the amount has been disbursed for food/hunger, sanitation, healthcare and educational programs.
APCO's work involves support for maintaining spending on development aid. Jerri Ann Henry leads that effort.
Ballard Partners has signed to a represent the US unit of Rheinmetall, Germany’s biggest defense contractor, on Army procurement issues.
BGR Group signs on to provide lobbying and PR services for Terzo, an AI financial intelligence platform. Douglas Lute, chair of BGR’s international and defense practices, will join Terzo’s board of directors.
Avoq has landed Palantir Technologies, the controversial surveillance company founded by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, as a client.
Anne Kierig, who was senior manager of public policy at Amazon, has joined the American Advertising Federation as VP-government affairs. She takes over for Clark Rector, who is retiring after a 37-year run at AAF.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which was established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump, has hired Valcour LLC, which has close ties with his administration.
