CA GUBE '10: Whitman Hires PR Firm
As she ponders a run for Golden State guv, Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has signed up a public relations firm, Sacramento-based Randle Communications, according to O’Dwyer’s Public Relations News.
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Randle is the PR firm led by Jeff Randle, a veteran Golden State Republican political operative who was chief of staff to ex-Gov. Pete Wilson and a top advisor for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Randle’s current clients include the California Realtors Assn., University of Phoenix and the Golden State Water Company. Mitch Zak, a partner of the firm who directed coalitions for Schwarzenegger’s campaigns, is handling media relations for Whitman.
Schwarzenegger is barred from running again in 2010 because of term limits.
Whitman, who backed Sen. John McCain for president and was believed to be a likely cabinet pick if he won, stepped down from the corporate boards of eBay, Procter & Gamble and DreamWorks Animation SKG at the end of 2008.