CHRISTO MOVES ON. We reported last week that Ellen Christo was leaving her full-time post as director of development and business relations with the state Republican Party for a job in the private sector.
Yesterday, we learned that it will be announced today that Christo will be vice president of government relations for Brandon Associates, LLC, a Boston-based government affairs firm that also has offices in Washington, D.C. and Dubai of the United Arab Emirates.
Christo told the Granite Status she will remain a member active in the party as a member of its finance committee, at the request of the finance committee’s new chairman, Bill Binnie.
(More about the Binnie appointment and the financial issues facing the GOP below.)
According to a Brandon Associates’ news release to be released today, the firm “provides state, federal and international government relations, business development and strategic planning, and assistance with government contracts to a broad base of clients in the areas of transportation, biotech, homeland security, defense,and law enforcement.”
Christo, an attorney, during her career has provided political and legal counsel to corporations, associations and foreign governments on state, national and international levels. She has represented clients in China, Jordan, and Albania as well as the United States, specializing in high-tech, defense and environmental areas.
The oringinal article can be found here: http://www.unionleader.com/article/20110623/NEWS0602/706239977
