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| Elizabeth Northrup |
Elizabeth Northrup, who was executive VP of corporate affairs at BCW Global in DC, has joined ROKK Solutions as its first chief client officer.
She has more than 25 years of experience in the areas of public affairs, executive visibility, reputation management, crisis and brand awareness.
Northrup also worked as managing director of communications & PA at Signal Group and senior VP-PA and chief of staff to the vice chairman at Hill+Knowlton Strategies.
She held in-house PA jobs at the American Insurance Assn. and American Chemistry Council.
Ron Bonjean, Rokk co-founder, believes Northrup’s chief client role will help guide the firm’s growing client base, as the firm charted triple-digital growth during the past two years.
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