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| David Dziok |
Dave Dziok has joined Narrative Strategies as managing director after a six-year run at Koch Industries.
As director of communications at Koch, he handled reputation management, advocacy, business and public affairs issues.
Earlier, Dziok served in Edelman’s Washington office as VP-public affairs and worked as communications for Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN).
Ken Spain, Narrative’s founding partner, said Dziok will help clients with “invaluable insights on how to build effective strategies to enhance their reputations, executive their strategic communications goals, and win on the issues that matter most.”
Prior to launching Narrative, Spain led corporate and external affairs for Koch. He played a key role in the development of its national “We Are Koch” branding campaign.
Koch is America’s second largest privately held company after Cargill.
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