Potomac Flacks: Winning Second Term, Gov. Jindal Announces Sellers Departure, Plotkin’s Promotion

October 24, 2011

Winning Second Term, Gov. Jindal Announces Sellers Departure, Plotkin’s Promotion

Monday Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) announced a number of staff changes after winning reelection to a second term as Governor.

In addition to announcing the departure of his Chief of Staff, Jindal Communications Director Melissa Sellers is departing the office December 1 to attend the Dallas Theological Seminary. Sellers is a 2003 graduate of the University of Texas with a major in journalism.

Sellers is being replaced by Kyle Plotkin (@kjplotkin), who is being promoted from Press Secretary, where he has been serving since Nov. 2008. Plotkin previously served as Deputy Communications Director for the John Kennedy for U.S. Senate campaign in Louisiana, as a policy analyst for the 2008 Mitt Romney presidential campaign and as a research assistant at Public Opinion Strategies. He is a 2004 graduate of the University of Miami and earned a Master’s from the George Washington University in 2006. (PF tipster)

Posted by Matt Mackowiak on October 24, 2011 in In the States , People | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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