 Kelsi Daniell |
Kelsi Daniell, press secretary for former Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, will join the communications staff of Iowa Senator Joni Ernst.
She joined Pruitt's staff nine months ago from the office of Arkansas Senator John Boozman.
Pruitt, who faced a slew of ethics probes, resigned his position July 5 after rolling back Obama protections against climate change and industrial pollution.
In his resignation letter, Pruitt hit “the unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizable toll on all of us.”
Ernst was among Republican critics of Pruitt, saying he "is about as swampy as you get here in Washington, DC, and if the president wants to drain the swamp, he needs to take a look at his own cabinet."
In accepting Pruitt's resignation, President Trump tweeted "within the agency Scott did an outstanding job."
Jeffrey Nesbit, who served as communications director for former vice president Dan Quayle, is named assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Kate Bedingfield, White House communications director, will exit at the end of the month. Ben LaBolt, a longtime Biden adviser, will take the CD post.
Cathy Cochran, senior VP in Teneo’s Washington office, has rejoined the US Dept of Agriculture as director in its communications office.
Mexico is working with the DC-based Global Action on Gun Violence to push for “impactful gun violence prevention strategies” in the US.
Douglas Farrar, who was VP-communications and strategy at the Carnegie Center for International Peace, has joined the Federal Trade Commission as PA director.
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