Dan Scandling, senior VP of public affairs at Ogilvy PR, has moved to APCO Worldwide in a senior PA role.
Scandling, reporting to Washington managing director Lisa Osborne Ross, takes the title of senior director for PA at APCO.
Scandling was a longtime aide to Virginia Republican Reps. Frank Wolf and Herb Bateman, including chief of staff and press secretary to each during tenures of 14 years and 10 years, respectively.
He started out in journalism running the weekly Caroline Progress in Virginia and serving as copy editor for the theRichmond Times-Dispatch before moving to the PR realm with the Virginia Housing Development Authority in the late 1980s.
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.
