Wellings, Cano Joining Google DC

Frannie Wellings, a top aide to Sen Byron Dorgan (D-ND), has announced she will join Google in three to six weeks as a federal policy outreach manager. It's a new role for Google that will utilize Wellings's background in consumer protection and technology issues. She will lead the company's work with trade groups, think tanks, and advocacy groups, serving as a liaison to the community and soliciting input and advice on Google's public policy positions. Before joining Dorgan's office in 2007, Wellings was associate policy director for media watchdog Free Press. And Mistique Cano is joining Google as manager of global communications and public affairs. Cano previously served as vice president of communications for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.