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| Aaron McLear |
Aaron McLear has been named U.S. chair, public affairs at Edelman. He was managing director, public affairs and crisis for the agency’s Western region.
Before joining Edelman, he was director of central communications at Uber. He has also served as an adviser to Neel Kashkari’s 2014 California gubernatorial campaign and Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. McLear previously was press secretary for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and for the Republican National Committee, as well as working on the 2005 Presidential Inaugural Committee and serving as communications director for the 2004 Ohio Bush-Cheney Campaign.
He is a key advisor on Edelman’s partnership with the Gun Safety Alliance and has been the force behind the firm's commitment to gun safety, including its new research on Leadership and Anti-Gun Violence.
Based in DC, Edelman's PA practice has staffers in New York, Chicago, Sacramento, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Miami and Orlando.
Amy Edgy has joined Teneo as senior managing director and head of restructuring communications in its PR unit.
GCI Health brings on Eric Helgesen, who led digital transition and enterprise platform development at Weber Shandwick, as EVP, head of AI and innovation... Stanton Communications appoints Je’Coven Norwood as account director and Rida Dhanani as an account executive... Netflix hires the Walt Disney Company’s Naomi Bulochnikov-Paul as VP of television series communications... Abry Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, names Yusef Kassim as head of capital strategy and investor relations.
Former Racepoint Global president Bob Osmond has moved to Clarity Global, where he will be managing partner, North America.
Jennifer Bett Communications names Kara Kamenec VP of affiliate and influencer marketing... Mark Allen & Co. brings on Isaac Benjamin as VP and Stacey Richman as account director, both based in the firm’s New York office... Mark43, a cloud-native public safety operations platform, appoints Alison Durant as CMO.
Kyra Obolensky, who was executive VP & head of healthcare at Weber Shandwick’s Brussels office, has moved to APCO's outpost in that city as Europe health lead.
