Nairi Hourdajian, a Glover Park Group alum who was Uber's first communications executive, is leaving the ride-hailing service for a top post at venture capital firm Canaan Partners.
Hourdajian worked the political ranks as a staff assistant to Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) and policy director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commitee before moving to Glover Park in 2011.
She joined Uber as head of global communications in 2013 and directed corporate comms. last year.
She will take up the VP of communications role at Menlo Park, Calif.-based Canaan, which works with Grayling and Canale Communications on the agency front. The VC firm has outposts in New York and Israel with a portfolio ranging widely from consumer, fintech and enterprise software to healthcare.
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Recode first reported the move.
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