Megan Barnett Bloomgren, GOP operative and former acting deputy chief of staff at the Interior Dept., has joined the American Petroleum Institute as VP-communications.
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Megan Barnett BloomgrenShe takes over for Linda Rozett, who is retiring this month after a seven-year stint at the oil and natural gas trade group.
Bloomgren, a former partner at DCI Group, was a member of Donald Trump's transition team and acted as "media sherpa" for then-Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke when he was announced as Interior Secretary nominee.
Before joining DCI in 2011, she spearheaded strategy & operations at the US Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy and served as deputy director of PA at the Department of Energy.
API, which is headed by Jack Gerard, says its members account for eight percent of the US economy and support 9.8M jobs.
Gagnier Communications has hired Frontera Energy's Brent Anderson as managing director in Calgary, which is the capital of Canada’s energy sector.
Ogilvy Government Relations has signed on with St. Louis-based Peabody Energy, which is America’s top coal producer.
Steven Soper, a six-year veteran at ExxonMobil who ran its US state government relations practice, has joined FTI Consulting in Dallas.
Rachel Ryan, deputy head of corporate communications at Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, is joining FTI Consulting in March.
Sarah Venuto, director of external affairs at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will join Cornerstone Government Affairs on Feb. 1, 2023.
