The past few weeks have felt more like months to many of us. Each day brings multiple, extraordinary headlines about the various impacts from and reactions to the spread of the coronavirus. Empty stadiums, shuttered museums, motionless cruise ships and now quarantined policymakers have jarred the public and laid a foundation for panic that will […]
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Kimberley Fritts, CEO of Cogent Strategies, was named to The Hill’s Annual Top Lobbyist list. Read the full story here.
“Advocacy groups and trade associations are worried that Twitter’s decision to ban all political advertisements could hurt their efforts to use digital marketing to promote their issues. One source told The Hill the Twitter announcement sent “shock waves” through public affairs professionals in Washington.Twitter on Wednesday said that it would begin banning ads that “advocate […]
The Hill: Former Podesta lobbyists reap K Street boom Seven of Washington’s fastest-growing lobby shops were founded by lobbyists from the iconic firm, and together those new firms boast nearly $14 million in revenue for the year. […] Podesta Group’s longtime chief executive Kimberley Fritts launched her firm, Cogent Strategies, in November 2017, taking several clients […]
Wells Fargo hired Cogent Strategies to work on policy issues affecting banking institutions. David Oxner, former policy adviser to Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Randall Gerard, former staff assistant on the Senate Commerce Committee, will work on the account. Read more here.
Wells Fargo has signed on Cogent Strategies for additional Washington coverage. It wants Cogent to handle a broad range of policy issues impacting the banking sector. Managing directors David Oxner, former head of government relations at the Securities Industry & Financial Markets Assn., and Randall Gerard, staffer on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, handle […]