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The PR Week, 8.25.2022: Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean, DoorDash

Episode Summary

DoorDash’s head of communications talks about how “Dashers” are at the heart of the company and how it survived the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Episode Notes

Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean joined DoorDash just months before the COVID-19 pandemic began and helped to lead the company through a period when food-delivery services were a life-saving part of the economy for many people. 

She also talks about working for dynamic leaders at DoorDash, as well as Tesla and the Obama White House. 

Plus:

-The CDC shakes up its communications function in light of public health emergencies;

-Moderna sponsors the U.S. Open to raise mRNA awareness

-Hershey responds to Macklemore’s viral TikTok 

People moves:

 Clorox hiring Linda Mills 

Starbucks promoting A.J. Jones, 

Boden names Sara Garibaldi as president

BerlinRosen takes a majority stake  in Derris

And much more.

 

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