AT&T hires Tillerson ex-aide Margaret Peterlin for Washington job

Peterlin served as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's chief of staff and was among a small group of family and aides Trump took to his meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican in May 2017

AT&T chose a powerful insider to bolster its Washington presence by hiring Margaret Peterlin, a lawyer who occupied a top perch in the Trump administration’s State Department after advising leading congressional Republicans.
 
Peterlin has begun work as a senior vice president for global external and public affairs, one of several executives reporting to Dallas—based David McAtee, who’s organising his staff after the acquisition of WarnerMedia, said a company spokesman.
 
McAtee assumed responsibility for external and legislative affairs in May after that unit’s head, Robert Quinn, abruptly retired following news the company, after the 2016 election, had hired Michael