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Personnel note: CoreMessage adds Brianna Shoaf as account executive.

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Tallahassee-based public affairs firm CoreMessage is adding Brianna Shoaf as its newest account executive. Shoaf, a Rhode Island native and Florida State University graduate, will develop communications strategies for corporate, political and government clients across the state. Before joining CoreMessage, she spent nearly two years with The Zimmerman Agency. There, Shoaf worked with several award-winning hotels and resorts in the U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean. While at Zimmerman, Shoaf had stories placed in a variety of national, regional and local…

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Personnel note: Michael Williams to Core Message

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Michael Williams is departing the Florida House Speaker’s office as communications director and heading to Tallahassee PR shop CoreMessage as managing director of media relations. The firm announced the move Tuesday. “CoreMessage is thrilled to add Michael to our team,” said Cory Tilley, the president of CoreMessage and former top communications aide to Gov. Jeb Bush. “Bringing someone of Michael’s caliber and experience on board will have an immediate positive impact on our clients,” he added. “He will be an enormous…

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Personnel note: CoreMessage names Carrie Patrick as new Director of Advocacy

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CoreMessage, the leading Florida public relations firm, announces the promotion Tuesday of Carrie Patrick, from account manager to Director of Advocacy. In addition to public relations campaigns and managing accounts, Patrick will also be responsible for grassroots advocacy, coalition building and expanding CoreMessage’s advocacy services “Carrie has been a great asset to the team and I look forward to her continued success in her new role,” said CoreMessage President and Founder Cory Tilley. “With relationships across the state, Carrie excels…

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Florida Office of Financial Regulation unveils reorganized communications team

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Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation has a new communications team. Commissioner Drew Breakspear today unveiled the reorganized Office of Communications. The new team – called the Office of Communications and Governmental Relations — will now include both official legislative and Cabinet affairs for the Sunshine State. To lead the new department, Breakspear named Jamie Mongiovi, who has been OFR’s communications director since February 2014. Mongovi will become director of the Office of Communications & Governmental Relations. Prior to her public…

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Personnel note: Adam Putnam names Aaron Keller as new Ag Dept. Press Secretary

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Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam named Aaron Keller today as new press secretary for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. “Over the past two years, Aaron has proven himself to be a strong communicator and strategic thinker,” Putnam said in a statement Monday. “He will help us deliver key messages about the services we provide to the Floridians we serve.” Since 2013, Keller served in the department’s Office of Communications, as communications coordinator and later as deputy press secretary.…

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