Matt Lloyd, who stepped down as chief of staff to Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) last month, is slated to join Koch Industries as a Washington-based communications director.
The hire -- first reported by Politico -- comes as Koch launches a new image campaign touting its "heartland" roots. This week the industrial conglomerate also announced a $25M grant to the United Negro College Fund.
Wichita, Kan.-based Koch in January hired Burson-Marsteller and Edelman veteran Steve Lombardo as chief communications and marketing officer, working out of Washington and Wichita. Another Burson alum, Robert Tappan, directs external relations for politically active company's public sector operations in Washington.
Lloyd spent the past year as chief communications and policy advisor to Stutzman. He was previously communications director during a decade on the staff of Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), who is now governor of Indiana. He worked in the US Dept. of Agriculture press office during the Bush administration and started out on the Hill as press secretary to Reps. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Rick Hill (R-MT).
As O'Dwyer's reported June 9, Koch's public sector business enlisted former Oklahoma Sen. Don Nickles for lobbying on campaign finance and repeal of the wind energy production credit.
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Teneo has hired Philipp Grontzki, who is a 20-year veteran of corporate communications and financial journalism, as a managing director in its strategy and communications group.
Rowan Benecke, who co-founded Zeno Group and helmed Burson-Marsteller's tech practice, has joined McKinsey & Co as director of communications for North America.
BCW has named Golin's Matt Coldagelli EVP and leader of its corporate affairs practice in Chicago.
Abby Bailey, who headed corporate communications for Fedex in its Middle East, India and Africa region, has joined Teneo as managing director in Dubai.
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