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| Meredith Isola |
Meredith Isola, director of the Food & Drug Administration’s office of communications, is now senior VP at Ruder Finn for government relations, policy and advocacy, as the independent firm fortifies its DC office.
Prior to the more than three-year stint at the FDA, Isola was PA specialist at the Dept. of Homeland Security, where she chaired the strategic communications working group, dealing with infrastructure and cybersecurity matters.
Isola also had jobs at the American Heart Assn. (senior communications manager for childhood obesity initiatives), Ogilvy PR (VP) and Ketchum (account supervisor).
Monica Marshall, head of RF Relate purpose, social impact, sustainability arm, leads the Washington outpost.
She joined RF in April after heading Ketchum’s purpose unit and serving as deputy director of private partnerships at the United Nations’ world food program.
RF ranks as O’Dwyer’s seventh largest independent PR firm, chalking up $69.1M in 2018 fees.
DGA Group has lined up the former US ambassadors to Qatar and Saudi Arabia as senior advisors to help clients navigate that politically complex region.
Eitan Bencuya, who has more than 20 years of technology PR experience, has signed on with Brunswick Group as a partner in its San Francisco office.
Greg Honan, who worked in the Biden White House as director of message planning and chief of staff for its office of communications, is joining public affairs firm Seven Letter as a managing director.
David Bassity, who was VP for football communications for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, will join the Big Ten Conference on July 20.
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