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| Sarah Venuto |
Sarah Venuto, director of external affairs at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will join Cornerstone Government Affairs on Feb. 1, 2023.
At the FERC, Venuto dealt with issues related to climate change, environmental injustice, transmission policy and pipeline permitting.
She also was the FERC’s liaison to the White House, EPA and Interior/Energy Depts.
Prior to her FERC post, Venuto was VP-public policy at Duke Energy, where she advanced its net zero carbon and methane emissions goals; chief counsel to Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV); head of federal government affairs at America’s Natural Gas Alliance and government relations director at CenterPoint Energy.
Geoff Gonella, Cornerstone president, said Venuto’s service on Capitol Hill, in the executive branch and with major entities throughout the energy industry "will add immediate value to our clients and the firm.”
Gagnier Communications has hired Frontera Energy's Brent Anderson as managing director in Calgary, which is the capital of Canada’s energy sector.
Ogilvy Government Relations has signed on with St. Louis-based Peabody Energy, which is America’s top coal producer.
Steven Soper, a six-year veteran at ExxonMobil who ran its US state government relations practice, has joined FTI Consulting in Dallas.
Rachel Ryan, deputy head of corporate communications at Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, is joining FTI Consulting in March.
FGS Global is handling the initial public offering of Luberef, the oil refining unit of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, that is expected to raise about $1.3B.
