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| Jack Deschauer |
Jack Deschauer, a seasoned crisis and corporate affairs executive, has joined Omnicom's Mercury unit as senior VP.
He did a six-year stint at Levick as senior VP, where he led the crisis team and co-managed the corporate affairs group.
At Levick until 2018, Deschauer handled high-stakes communications campaigns for Carnival Cruise Lines, Venezuela's CITGO Petroleum, Pratt & Whitney and US Olympic Committee.
Earlier, he spent 12 years at Qorvis Communications in the senior director slot, counseling defense contractors, health & wellness, nutritional, and media (Scientific American, GQ) clients.
Deschauer moved to Mercury from Markstein's DC office, which he joined in April.
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