Olivia Petersen
Olivia Petersen

Olivia Petersen, head of communications at Morning Consult, will join the Washington Post next month as VP-PR.

She will be responsible for driving publicity across the newsroom, engineering and business teams; overseeing media relations; and providing strategic communications counsel.

Petersen will report to Kathy Baird, chief communications officer.

Prior to Morning Consult, Petersen was global director-corporate communications at Whole Foods, senior director of communications at NBC News and PR director at Politico.