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| Peter Kadushin |
Peter Kadushin, who handled global PR and issues management at Amazon, has joined Trident DMG as VP.
At Amazon, Kadushin focused on areas including product liability, intellectual property, counterfeit products and fake reviews.
Kadushin has political experience gained from serving as communications director for Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who currently is a senior advisor to President Biden and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan.
He also did a deputy communications director stint for New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio, where he coordinated public messaging on high-profile issues (e.g., police-involved shootings, terrorist threats and power outages).
Kadushin also handled PR for the United Federation of Teachers and reported for the New York Post and Daily News.
Based in DC, Trident DMG is a strategic communications, crisis management and legal PR shop co-founded by Lanny Davis, Eleanor McManus, Adam Goldberg and Joshua Galper.
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