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| Gabriella Castillo |
Mercury’s Gabriella Castillo, who served the Joe Biden campaign in Florida as deputy state director, has joined the Commerce Dept. as PA director.
At the Omnicom unit, Castillo handled strategic communications, government relations, issues advocacy and digital strategies in English and Spanish for clients in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale area.
Earlier, the Venezuelan native was communications director for Miami mayor Francis Suarez. She took that post after handling PR for his 2017 campaign manager.
Prior to entering the political scene, she was senior associate at LSN Partners doing PA and advocacy work for companies and nonprofits in the health services, transportation, technology and hospitality sectors; and associate attorney at Llorente & Heckler handling government procurement and compliance issues.
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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