Jim Wilkinson (communications)

Jim Wilkinson
Born
James Richard Wilkinson

1970 (age 54–55)
EducationUniversity of Texas at Arlington (BBA)
Johns Hopkins University (MS)

James Richard Wilkinson (born 1970) is an American political advisor who served as the chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson during the George W. Bush administration. He had previously served in the White House as deputy communications director and as an aide to then National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. Overall, Wilkinson was a "well-traveled utility man for the Bush administration's PR team".[1]

Wilkinson left politics after the 2008 financial crisis, and now works in public relations. He served The Brunswick Group as a Managing Partner from January 2009 to April 2012, when he joined PepsiCo as Executive Vice President of Communications.

In 2011, he was portrayed in the HBO film Too Big to Fail by actor Topher Grace.

Wilkinson works as chairman and CEO of TrailRunner International,[2][3] as well as the chairman of Mountain Lion Aviation, an airline based in Sierra Nevada region.[4] He was previously the senior vice president and head of international corporate affairs for the Alibaba Group.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference PRWeek was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Spychalsky, Alexandra (14 October 2016). "All Trails Lead to Truckee". Moonshine Ink. Retrieved 14 March 2019. The team at TrailRunner International, with CEO Jim Wilkinson sitting in blue on the right.
  3. ^ "Up and comers: Agencies to look out for". PRWeek. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  4. ^ "University of Nevada and Mountain Lion Aviation Announce Sponsorship". KTVN. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019. "There can be no doubt that women's sports simply do not get the same financial resources as men's sports", said Mountain Lion Aviation Chairman, Jim Wilkinson.
  5. ^ Flannery, Russell (12 May 2014). "Alibaba Names Former PepsiCo, Brunswick Executive As Int'l Corporate Affairs Chief". Forbes. Retrieved 14 March 2019. Jim Wilkinson will be based in the San Francisco area and will be charged with building and leading Alibaba Group's international corporate affairs team, Alibaba said in a statement.

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