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| Susan Lagana |
Brunswick Group’s Susan Lagana has joined Invariant’s strategic communications and public affairs team.
As a partner at Brunswick, Lagana advised clients on policymaking and handled media relations in political capitals around the globe.
Prior to Brunswick, Lagana was managing director and EVP at BCW Global.
She worked in the Obama administration as PA director for the Department of Transportation, where she worked on the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act; and at the Department of Defense as communications director for the Navy.
Invariant CEO Heather Podesta said Lagana has counseled clients on a wide array of politicy, litigation and reputation issues.
She expects Lagana’s background in emerging technologies, antitrust and infrastructure policy will provide immediate value to Invariant’s clients.
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