Risa Heller, the well-connected New York PR pro, has split with Kushner Cos., the family real estate company of Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
The former communications director for ex-New York governor David Paterson and Sen. Chuck Schumer and senior VP at Global Strategy Group, signed on with KC more than a year ago. Charlie Kushner, patriarch of the family, has long ties to the Democratic Party.
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Risa HellerHeller also helped Kushner’s wife, Ivanka, with the launch of her self-help book, “Women Who Work.”
Politico describes Heller as a “one-woman crisis management machine” who is best known as a “straight-talking Democratic operative.”
Her departure from KC comes as the Trump Administration deals with fall-out with the President’s “many sides” responsible for the violence in Charlottesville remark.
KC, which says it decided to replace Heller, is under fire for “pushing for the arrest of tenants who hadn’t paid their debt in Maryland,” according to The Real Deal, real estate publication.
Tricia McLaughlin, the combative spokesperson for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, is leaving her post.
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