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Scott Weaver, who co-founded advocacy and consulting firm HSA Strategies with Gregg Elias in 2022, comes to Nexstar Media Group as SVP of government relations, a newly created role, effective Sept. 5.
Before founding HSA, Weaver was chairman of the public policy practice at the law firm of Wiley Rein (where he worked with Elias), leading its engagement with clients on issues related to telecommunications, health care, transportation, trade and defense. He also played an integral role in several high-profile, successful mergers and acquisitions in the telecommunications and transportation industries
In his new post, Weaver will work with Nexstar chairman and CEO Perry Sook to set the company’s legislative and regulatory priorities, represent Nexstar’s interests to the executive branch of the federal government, Congress, and a variety of regulatory bodies, and establish an office of government affairs for Nexstar in Washington, D.C.
“We have a unique business model with legislative and regulatory goals that are unlike other media companies,” said Sook. “Scott’s experience, leadership, and reputation for getting things done, along with the respect he has earned across the political landscape, make him the ideal person to represent Nexstar in the nation’s capital.”
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