Olson Moves to Lewis in San Fran

Mark Olson, who opened a San Francisco outpost for Max Borges Agency in 2014, has moved to Lewis as a VP to oversee its PR practice in that city.

Olson spent seven years at Max Borges and handled campaigns for Goal Zero, Cricket Wireless and AT&T, among others.

At Lewis, he reports to senior VP Michael Brito and works with US PR chief Andy Murphy for the independent firm.

Lewis is ranked No. 7 among PR firms in the O'Dwyer's Rankings with $68.6M in revenue in 2015.

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