The PR Week: 4.17.2025 - Steve Lombardo, Adfero

Steve Lombardo recently returned to the agency world at the helm of strategic communications and public affairs shop Adfero. His range of experience includes stops at Koch Industries, Edelman-owned StrategyOne and the presidential campaigns of former President George HW Bush and Mitt Romney.

He talks about what he sees as the most important news coming out of Washington, DC, and the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including Publicis Groupe and Omnicom Group earnings and the effects of tariffs on the agency business.

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