Experienced Comms Veteran Nelligan Moves to Johns Hopkins

Jeff Nelligan recently began as the new Senior Director for Strategic Communications at Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM).  JHM includes the physicians and scientists of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, with the health professionals and facilities that make up the broad Johns Hopkins Health System and Hopkins’ healthcare international facilities.  Neligan is in charge of the institution’s overall communication strategy and positioning.  Before joining JHM, Nelligan was the spokesman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS) in the Bush administration.  Previously, Nelligan was Managing Director of Public Affairs at the Government Accountability Office, and worked on Capitol Hill as Press Secretary for U.S. Rep. Bill Thomas (R-CA) and Director of Communications for the House Transportation Committee under Chairman Bud Shuster (R-PA).   Earlier in his career, Nelligan was Speechwriter at U.S. Agency for International Development during the Bush 41 administration.  (PF tipster)