Potomac Flacks: RNC's Schmitt Heads to Greener Pasture

August 29, 2007

RNC's Schmitt Heads to Greener Pasture

Tracey Schmitt, spokesman at the Republican National Committee, is leaving to serve as the director of corporate communications for Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., based in Rockville. Schmitt, a SoCal native, was recruited by GOP presidential campaigns, but declined and headed to corporate PR.

Prior to her arrival at the RNC in 2005, Schmitt worked on President Bush's second inaugural, served as a regional spokeswoman for the Bush reelect, did a stint in the White House press shop before that and originally made her bones with the Austin crew way back in 2000. Though she'll be doing well, she'll also be doing some good in her new gig. (Politico.com)

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