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| Rayna Farrell |
Rayna Farrell, deputy head of communications for the Business Roundtable, will join Bechtel engineering/construction giant on June 6.
She will be responsible for the global communications and marketing activities of the Reston, VA-based company.
Since its founding in 1898, Bechtel has handled 25K projects (Hoover Dam, Channel Tunnel, San Francisco’s BART rail system, extinguishing Kuwaiti oil field fires, Hong Kong Airport, Three Mile Island cleanup) in 160 countries.
During her eight-year run at BRT, Farrell handled communications for its landmark “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation,” COVID-19 relief efforts and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Prior to BRT, she worked for Mehlman Castagnetti lobbying firm and was an aide to Congressman Cedric Richmond.
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