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Columbia Communications Director Finalists Share Plans for City Outreach

Health PandemicHealth EmergenciesHealth Emergency Preparedness…Pandemics

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This article is about a municipal hiring process for a communications director. No commercial mechanism, commodity price impact, supply chain effect, or company margin impact is present. The event is purely administrative and local government-focused.

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  • City of Columbia, MO, hired Affion Public LLC for $28,000 to find a communications director.
  • Three finalists (Rob Jones, Christopher Ave, Shayne Martin) have over a decade of strategic communications experience.
  • Salary range for the position is $110,000 to $169,000.
  • Former spokeswoman Sydney Olsen left in March 2026.
  • City aims to improve communication coordination across departments.

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