Emily Pierce, deputy director of public affairs at the US Department of Justice, has joined Washington-based policy communications firm Vrge Strategies as a senior VP.
Pierce focuses on legal, policy, anti-trust and homeland security issues for clients of the year-old firm that is part of Next Fifteen alongside PR firms like M Booth and Text 100.
At the Justice Dept., she served as acting director of PA and handled issues like the recent iPhone encryption dust-up and the Obama administration's push for criminal justice reform under Attorneys General Loretta Lynch and Eric holder.
She joined the administration from the No. 2 editor slot at Roll Call, where she earlier covered the Senate and White House.
She started her 17-year journalism career Congressional Quarterly.
Cornerstone Government Affairs has inked a $25K monthly pact with Qatar to advance the relationship of the Arab state and the US.
Former House speaker Kevin McCarthy has teamed up with a crew of Republican heavy hitters to launch Watchtower Strategy, a public affairs firm that will focus on advocacy, strategy and strategic communications.
The National Association of Manufacturers has named Alexa Lopez VP of communications & public affairs, a newly created position. She was at the Transportation Security Administration.
