Microsoft Adds To DC Team

Microsoft has hired Christina Pearson to join its Washington office as senior director for public relations. Pearson most recently worked for the public relations firm Fleishman-Hillard, specializing in assisting clients in crafting public relations strategies during crisis situations such as product recalls and public health emergencies. Before joining Fleishman-Hillard, she worked as the top spokeswoman at the Health and Human Services Department during the Bush administration. Pearson also worked for the Senate Finance Committee and for the communications firm launched by GOP operative Ed Gillespie and former Republican National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour, who is now Mississippi's governor.