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The Raben Group is representing Color of Change and its effort to “build real power for Black communities."
Oakland-based CoC says it’s the No. 1 online racial justice organization, with more than 7M members.
Raben Group is handling DC outreach regarding legislation about student loan forgiveness, small business loans, technology and racial justice.
Its three-member CoC team includes Elliot Williams, who was assistant attorney general for legislative affairs during the Obama administration; Timothy Lynch, ex-senior Democratic counsel at the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee; and Rachel Motley, who interned for Ohio’s Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown.
Robert Raben, former counsel to Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, launched his shop in 2002 to drive public policy in a humane and sensible direction and to bring diversity and equity to the boardrooms, think tanks and corporations of America.


Ballard Partners has signed to a represent the US unit of Rheinmetall, Germany’s biggest defense contractor, on Army procurement issues.
BGR Group signs on to provide lobbying and PR services for Terzo, an AI financial intelligence platform. Douglas Lute, chair of BGR’s international and defense practices, will join Terzo’s board of directors.
Avoq has landed Palantir Technologies, the controversial surveillance company founded by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, as a client.
Anne Kierig, who was senior manager of public policy at Amazon, has joined the American Advertising Federation as VP-government affairs. She takes over for Clark Rector, who is retiring after a 37-year run at AAF.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which was established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump, has hired Valcour LLC, which has close ties with his administration.



