Valery Galasso Named VP at Marathon Strategies

It did not take Valery Galasso, top media policy advisor to Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel of the Federal Communications Commission, long to land a new gig in the Big Apple. Galasso, whose exit was announced at November's public meeting, to the surprise of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, has been named VP for public affairs and public policy at communications and research firm Marathon Strategies in New York. Galasso will provide advice on policy and regulatory issues for the strategic communications firm whose offerings include crisis management and competitive intelligence and whose clients, past and present, have included everyone from the Motion Picture Association of America, DirecTV and IBM, to Planned Parenthood, Yahoo! and Sen Chuck Schumer (D-NY).