 Tom Collamore |
Tom Collamore, executive VP and counselor to US Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue, is leaving his post to launch a strategic communications shop.
He joined the Chamber in 2007 and has been in charge of communications strategy, message development, media relations, PR, advertising, member relations and branding.
Collamore is credited with creating the CoC's Campaign for Free Enterprise program to promote individual initiative, limited government and private sector-led growth.
He will continue to counsel Donahue for the rest of the year.
Prior to the CoC, Collamore did a 14-year stint at Altria Group. As VP-corporate affairs, he was responsible for public policy, PA, stakeholder outreach, political-giving and philanthropy. He also oversaw Altria's corporate identity program, environmental affairs and agricultural relations.
Earlier, Collamore served in the Bush I White House as chief of staff and assistant secretary of commerce.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Netflix has retained Bloom Strategic Counsel for regulatory matters regarding its proposed $83B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
Anthropic, developer of the Claude chatbot, hires Democratic-connected Avenue Solutions for DC representation.
Netflix has hired Avoq for DC representation regarding matters concerning the media and telecommunications sectors.
Scouting America has signed on Alpine Group for matters related to support of the organization from the Department of Defense and Congress.
