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| Shayne Wells |
BerlinRosen has hired Shayne Wells, who was a communications director in Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Administration, to head its PA, land use and real estate work in the DC area.
Wells headed communications for economic and business development priorities for the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development in Bowser’s administration, serving as principal spokesperson.
He also managed external communications related to Washington, D.C.’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wells has served in the DC government as press secretary for public schools, and traveling chief of staff to the mayor.


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