![]() Bob Haus |
Bob Haus, public affairs director at the US Energy Dept., is exiting his post next month to take a government relations job with Corteva Agriscience, which is the agriculture division of DowDuPont.
He’s a long-time aide to Energy Secretary Rick Perry, working for the former Texas Governor in Austin and serving as Iowa chairman for the Republican’s presidential run.
Haus also did a six-year stint at DCI Group, was VP/PA at Policy Works and ran his own firm in Des Moines.
DowDupont formed Corteva via the combination of DuPont Pioneer, DuPont Crop Protection and Dow Agrosciences.
It will become a publicly traded company in June 2019.


Gagnier Communications has hired Frontera Energy's Brent Anderson as managing director in Calgary, which is the capital of Canada’s energy sector.
Ogilvy Government Relations has signed on with St. Louis-based Peabody Energy, which is America’s top coal producer.
Steven Soper, a six-year veteran at ExxonMobil who ran its US state government relations practice, has joined FTI Consulting in Dallas.
Rachel Ryan, deputy head of corporate communications at Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, is joining FTI Consulting in March.
Sarah Venuto, director of external affairs at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will join Cornerstone Government Affairs on Feb. 1, 2023.



