 Mary Schapiro |
Mary Schapiro, former Securities and Exchange Commission chair, has joined Bloomberg LP as vice chair of global public policy.
She'll also be a special advisor to Michael Bloomberg, who is expected to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
In a high-profile move, Bloomberg this week re-registered his party affiliation as a Democrat. He's also spending $100M to support Democratic candidates in the midterm elections. "That's a hell of a lot of I.O.Us; a Democratic operative told the Financial Times on Oct. 11.
As counselor to the 78-year-old Bloomberg, Shapiro will provide advice on his Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures and Working Group on US RMB Trading and Clearing, which supports the internationalization of China's currency.
Husch Blackwell Strategies has added FleishmanHillard alum Michael Slatin as a principal in its public affairs group.
Rory Cooper, a veteran Republican operative and policy specialist, has joined Teneo’s Washington office as senior managing director in its strategy & communications practice.
Brian Fallon, who served as national press secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, is signing on next month as Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ campaign communications director.
TikTok is nothing more than a Chinese propaganda tool that poses “a grave threat to America’s national security and, in particular, impressionable children and young adults,” say two Congressmen who want the platform registered as a foreign agent.
Public Strategies Washington has added Abbie Sorrendino, a former aide to now Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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