Tanya Bradsher, a veteran military and government communicator, has moved to the American Psychiatric Association as chief of communications for the Arlington, Va.-based trade group.
Jason Young exited the role in June on his appointment by the Obama administration to be assistant commissioner of media affairs and senior advisor to the commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration.
The APA, with 36,500 members and 75 chapters, bills itself as the "voice and conscience of modern psychiatry," advocating best practices, ethical standards and principles of treatment.
Glenn O'Neal, a former USA Today editor who is director of corporate comms. and PA for the APA, served as interim communications chief for the past four months.
Bradsher oversees all communications, public affairs, integrated marketing and member communications for the organization.
She recently served as chief of plans for public affairs at the Defense Health Agency, Tricare, as well as assistant secretary for PA at the US Dept. of Homeland Security.
Bradsher, a former Army press and PA officer, spent three years at the White House, including in the Office of Public Engagement focused on veterans, wounded warriors and military family outreach.
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