Ponce Health Sciences University is using Prime Strategies' New York outpost to rebound from the devastation of Hurricane Maria that led to the shutdown of the Puerto Rico-based institution.
Based in Ponce, Puerto Rico's second largest city following San Juan, PHSU serves as a vital healthcare provider for the people living in the southern part of the island.
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PHSU President David Lenihan has been posting hurricane updates to keep students and facilities updated about the clean-up efforts.
He plans to announce by Oct. 9 “when normal operations will begin.” Those sessions may be held at a “safe and established facility” elsewhere. [The University of South Florida has offered to take in 200 students from PHSU at its Tampa campus.]
Prime is lobbying the federal government on education infrastructure matters, particularly “higher education and medical education and recovery/rebuilding of such institutions and infrastructure post-Maria on the Island of Puerto Rico."
Jennifer Manley, who worked in the administration of former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg and once served as VP-government and community affairs of the Queens Library, and Scott Klenet, ex-senior analyst of Davidoff, Hutcher & Citron’s federal lobbying team and operative in Virginia’s Democratic party, are Prime’s staffers repping PHSU.
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