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| Karine Jean-Pierre |
Karine Jean-Pierre will succeed Jen Psaki as White House press secretary on May 13 to become the first Black and openly gay person to hold that position.
President Joe Biden also announced that Anita Dunn, partner and founding member of SKDK, is rejoining his team to plot strategy and guide messaging leading up to the midterm elections.
Jean-Pierre, who is principal deputy press secretary, is a long-term Biden advisor. She had communications and political roles during the campaign and while he was vice president.
Before joining Biden’s presidential campaign, she was chief public affairs officer for MoveOn.org and a NBC/MSNBC analyst.
Dunn was senior advisor to Biden and Kamala Harris during the presidential campaign, then joined Team Biden to work on the transition. She worked closely with Psaki and communications director Kate Bedingfield.
Dunn, who also counseled Democrats Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley and Evan Bayh, returned to SKDK earlier this year.
Consello has appointed Hans Vestberg, former Verizon CEO, as senior operating advisor.
Katy Feinberg has returned to McGuireWoods Consulting PA shop in its Raleigh office after stints at Rubenstein Communications, Trailrunner and FleishmanHillard.
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FGS Global brings on HSBC's Jean-Manuel Richier as senior advisor to bolster its equity advisory, investor relations and transaction & financial communications capabilities across Europe... TEAM LEWIS names Danielle Malvesti SVP, strategy. Malvesti joins the agency from Cramer.... Durée & Company ups Abbie Lipton to vice president... LDWW promotes Michelle Poland, Channing Sizemore and Emma Stoneham to managing director.
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