Ketchum names Foley director, North American public affairs

WASHINGTON: Ketchum hired Donald Foley as director of North American public affairs. Foley will work out of the agency's Washington office, beginning December 1. Previously, Foley served as MD of Powell Tate/Weber Shandwick public affairs and founding partner of Prism Public Affairs and Seattle-based public affairs agency Gogerty Marriott. In the past, he also served as VP of worldwide communications at Northwest Airlines; convention manager for the 1996 Democratic National Convention; and executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.