Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, the former U.S. Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs, has joined APCO’s International Advisory Council.
The council and its three subgroups comprise more than 90 recognized global leaders such as former elected politicians, business experts, academics, journalists, NGO pioneers and diplomats which are available to counsel APCO’s clients.
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“Paula’s experience advancing global cooperation on environment, health development and humanitarian issues will be of tremendous value to our clients as they face an increasingly complex global political reality,” Margery Kraus, APCO Worldwide founder and executive chairman, said.
Ambassador Dobriansky led the U.S.-India, U.S.-China, and U.S.-Brazil global issues discussions under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009.
As Bush’s special envoy to Northern Ireland, Ambassador Dobriansky contributed to the devolution of power in Belfast and was later awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.
Most recently, Ambassador Dobriansky headed global government and regulatory affairs at Thomson Reuters from 2010 to 2012.
APCO Worldwide is number one in O’Dwyer’s ranking of PR firms with $119.8 million in 2015 net fees. Founded in 1984, APCO has 680 employees at offices in more than 30 major cities throughout the world.
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