PR Pro Makes Move to Chamber [1]
Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson [2] on
The former CEO of PR giant Burson-Marsteller [3] has been chosen for a top post with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce [4]. As the Chamber's vice chairman, Tom Bell will support the business lobby group's "biggest marketing/lobbying campaign to 'support free enterprise,' which the powerful business group believes is under attack by the Obama Administration." Chamber CEO Tom Donohue [5] says the Chamber "will spend 'tens of millions of dollars annually' to counter inroads made by 'union leaders, some environmentalists and a growing force of anti-business activists' that are pushing to 'close trading markets, lock down capital markets, expand entitlements and raise taxes and debt to unsustainable levels.'"