Press release, 2020 December 7

Gov. Kemp Announces New External Affairs Staff

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For Immediate Release Monday, December 7, 2020

Gov. Kemp Announces New External Affairs Staff
Atlanta, GA - Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced three new members of his external affairs team.
Lauren Curry will join the Kemp Administration as Director of Government Affairs and Policy. Cody Hall, who most recently served as Press Secretary for Governor Kemp, now holds the title of Director of Communications, and Tate Mitchell has assumed the role of Deputy Press Secretary.

Lauren Curry is

Director of Government

Affairs and Policy in the

Office of Governor Brian

P. Kemp. Curry has

served as Deputy Director

of

the

Georgia

Environmental Protection

Division since June 2016,

overseeing

agency

operations, governmental

affairs, and media

relations.

Prior to joining EPD, Curry served as Chief of Staff for the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency for two years, where she oversaw two presidentially declared

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Gov. Kemp Announces New External Affairs Staff

natural

disasters.

Previously, Curry served

as director of public and

governmental affairs at the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, special projects

director at the Georgia Department of Economic Development, press aide to Governor

Sonny Perdue, and communications and management specialist at the U.S. Department of

Transportation in Boston.

Curry earned a bachelor's degree in Government and Business Economics from Wofford College and a master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Georgia. She resides in Marietta with her husband and two children.

Cody Hall is Director of Communications for the Office of Governor Brian P. Kemp. Hall most recently served as Press Secretary to Governor Kemp's office, transition committee, and 2018 campaign. A graduate of the University of Georgia, Hall holds a bachelor's degree in political science. He, his wife, and two children are residents of Dawsonville.

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Gov. Kemp Announces New External Affairs Staff

Tate Mitchell serves as

Deputy Press Secretary in

the Office of Governor

Brian P. Kemp. Mitchell

most recently held the

title of Communications

Manager, and prior to

joining the Governor's

Office, he worked in

communications for the

Georgia Department of

Economic Development.

Mitchell graduated from

the University of Georgia

in May of 2019 with

degrees in Political

Science and Public

Relations, along with a

Public

Affairs

Professional Certificate in

Applied Politics.

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Gov. Kemp Announces New External Affairs Staff Press Contacts Cody Hall - Director of Communications Office of Governor Brian P. Kemp cody.hall@georgia.gov Tate Mitchell - Deputy Press Secretary Office of Governor Brian P. Kemp tate.mitchell@georgia.gov
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