Sen. Kyrsten Sinema names new communications director, press secretary
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has named Hannah Hurley her new communications director.
Hurley has served as Sinema’s press secretary since 2019. Taking over as Sinema's press secretary is Pablo Sierra-Carmona, who has served as Sinema's deputy press secretary since 2019.
Prior to working for Sinema, D-Ariz., Hurley served as a deputy press secretary for the late former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and as a press secretary for the Senate Majority PAC. Prior to his work as deputy press secretary, Sierra-Carmona served as a press assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Sinema’s previous communications director, John LaBombard, who worked in Senate communications for 15 years, has accepted a position as senior vice president with ROKK Solutions, a public affairs and strategic communications agency.
“John has contributed so much to our team’s successful work delivering results for Arizona — leading communications efforts for Senator Sinema’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, her laws curbing suicide among our troops and veterans, and more,” said Meg Joseph, Sinema’s chief of staff in a written statement. “We appreciate his service over these past years, we’ll miss him, and we wish him the best in his new position.”
In a Tweet, LaBombard said: "I leave the Sinema comms shop in the very best hands w/ huge congrats to the now-comms. director [Hannah Hurley] and now-press sec. [Pablo Sierra-Carmona.]"
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema promotes 2 within her communications team
