Jeb BushР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s press secretary and communications director Ellen Moran, who previously served as chief of staff and chief advisor to Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke after serving the Obama administration in 2009 as the White House communications director Joe Householder, a former journalist, communications director for then-Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico Alia Faraj-Johnson in Florida, who previously served as former Gov. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and long-time senior advisor to U.S. John McCainР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s presidential campaign and a communication strategist at the National Senatorial Campaign Committee James Fuller, chief of staff during the Bush administration at TSA and the U.S. Keil and Reed join a deep bench of H+K political and public affairs counselors, including: Howard Opinsky, previous press secretary to Sen. Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўItР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s a firm staffed with top communications strategists and issue experts from politics and the corporate world and I look forward to working with them on behalf of the firmР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s clients.Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™Р В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’В®arlier this month, H+K welcomed veteran GOP strategist Scott Reed as a senior advisor. Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўIР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›m thrilled to be able to rejoin a world-class firm with the assets and talent that H+K has to offer,Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ Keil said. He covered the 20 presidential campaigns, and was a frequent guest on PBSР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС› Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўWashington Week in ReviewР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ and other cable and network and radio public affairs programs. Keil also spent 20 years as a Washington-based journalist for The Associated Press and Bloomberg News, where he was a White House and political correspondent. In those posts, Keil led and staffed an array of communications needs for the firmsР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС› corporate, government and trade association clients. His scope of work included media relations, crisis management, campaign management and brand and reputation promotion and defense.Р В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’В«efore joining ExxonMobil, Keil served as a senior communications advisor at Purple Strategies and before that at Jack MartinР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s Austin, Texas-based Public Strategies, Inc., a business advisory firm that has since merged with H+K. Keil most recently served in various roles in the public and government affairs department at the Irving, Texas, headquarters of the ExxonMobil Corporation, where he helped devise, guide and implement the Fortune 5 companyР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s public profile and engagement with key media and policy stakeholders in the U.S. Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўHis wisdom and expertise is a strong complement to our team of experienced senior political, public affairs and media strategists and we look forward to having him back within H+K.Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™

Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎв„ўFor decades Dick has been working at the intersection of business, politics and journalism Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†Р вЂљРЎС™ a position that has never been more critical than it is today,Р В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р РЋРЎС™ said Jack Martin, global executive chairman and CEO of Hill+Knowlton Strategies. KeilР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s career spans more than 30 years of political reporting, corporate and crisis communications, strategic consulting, and media relations counsel. Keil, corporate media relations expert and former lead White House correspondent, as an executive vice president in its global corporate practice focusing on media relations, crisis and public affairs, starting in January. Hill+Knowlton Strategies is pleased to welcome Richard D. The veteran Washington journalist rejoins the H+K family of companies from ExxonMobil

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