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| Olivia Lapeyrolerie |
Olivia Lapeyrolerie, first deputy press secretary for New York mayor Bill de Blasio, is exiting City Hall for a VP slot at Democratic PR firm SKDKnickerbocker.
She joined de Blasio's team after a stint in Ohio for the Hillary for America presidential campaign and a press job at Barack Obama's Commerce Dept.
Lapeyrolerie also worked on de Blasio's ill-fated run this year for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Her exit follows the departure of de Blasio's press secretary Freddi Goldstein, who announced earlier this month that she was jumping shop.
Goldstein had a four-year run with the mayor, joining his administration from SKDKnick, which is part of Mark Penn's Stagwell Group.
Jeffrey Nesbit, who served as communications director for former vice president Dan Quayle, is named assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Kate Bedingfield, White House communications director, will exit at the end of the month. Ben LaBolt, a longtime Biden adviser, will take the CD post.
Cathy Cochran, senior VP in Teneo’s Washington office, has rejoined the US Dept of Agriculture as director in its communications office.
Mexico is working with the DC-based Global Action on Gun Violence to push for “impactful gun violence prevention strategies” in the US.
Douglas Farrar, who was VP-communications and strategy at the Carnegie Center for International Peace, has joined the Federal Trade Commission as PA director.
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