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Elizabeth Gerke Joins DDC Public Affairs with a Focus on Supporting Complex Client Engagements

DDC Public Affairs has welcomed Elizabeth Gerke as its new Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff. Liz brings expertise in both public and corporate affairs, as well as substantial experience helping build successful teams in support of complex domestic and global client engagements.

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Policymaker Questions Persist as the Change Healthcare Outage Continues

On February 21, Change Healthcare, a company crucial to US healthcare billing and payment operations, suffered a severe cyberattack. The company’s systems were shut down for an extended period, causing significant disruptions in patient care services nationwide. This incident affected the processing of provider claims and resulted in limited access to essential healthcare services, leaving many patients and their families distressed.

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Protecting the Madness: Fans are the Key to an NIL Policy Buzzer Beater

It’s hard to imagine a March without March Madness, but things could look different unless there is federal action soon to regulate the chaos around how collegiate athletes are compensated for the use of their name, image, and likeness.

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Survey Says…Community Collaboration Will Determine a Successful Energy Transition

The Energy Future Initiative (EFI) Foundation recently published a study that surveyed community attitudes on hydrogen hubs. The analysis concluded the Department of Energy (DOE) and hydrogen hub developers should prioritize collaboration with communities in creating benefit plans.

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TikTok Could Use a Tutorial on Legislative Advocacy

TikTok’s recent activation on Capitol Hill is the latest case study as to why proactive, informed voter engagement is required to win on legislative issues. Lucy Pieper lays out what went wrong and how others can learn from TikTok’s missteps to mobilize advocates effectively in the digital sphere.

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Davos Digs Deep into AI for Global Stakeholders

Recently at Davos, we were again reminded that AI is enjoying more than a moment. Look no further than the AI House to understand both the promise and the tension of AI, highlighting the collaboration, joint agenda setting, and action to address the many aspects of the technology that are weighing on global leaders.

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Praise and Critiques of COP28 Reflect the Challenges of the Energy Transition

After an extra day of negotiations, the biggest headline coming out of COP28 was an agreement to “[transition] away from fossil fuels in energy systems … to achieve net zero by 2050.” Depending on who you talked to this was either a “historic agreement” or “deeply disappointing and misleading.” The praise and criticism of this agreement (and COP28 as a whole) reflect the stakeholder dissonance countries and industries are facing around the Energy Transition.

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DDC Welcomes PAC Compliance and Legal Expert Catherine Crane, Elevates Additional Team Members Ahead of Major Election Year

Catherine Crane has joined DDC as Vice President of PAC Compliance. This strategic hire cements DDC’s continued leadership in the PAC market and illustrates how the firm is doubling down on its commitment to provide clients with unparalleled PAC compliance, administration and communications services in preparation for the 2024 elections.

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