Burson-Marsteller Hires Gavin Newsom's Former Comm. Director

In another high-profile hire by WPP-owned Burson-Marsteller, political heavyweight Nathan Ballard joins the firm as managing director in the San Francisco office.

Ballard was communications director to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom since November of last year, and was one of a string of high-profile staffers to resign. He returned to his own consultancy, Nathan Ballard Communications (with cool URL: www.earned-media.com) before joining Burson. He brings deep connections to Democratic party politics in California in an inevitable time of change in the state.

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