The General Services Administration has announced the appointment of Jetta Wong as senior adviser to the administrator on climate, and Channing Grate as associate administrator in the Office of Strategic Communications.
Wong joins GSA from her own consulting practice and the Center for Clean Energy Innovation at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, where she served as a senior fellow. She has also worked at the Energy Department, where she launched the National Laboratory Impact Initiative in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and established the departmentwide Office of Technology.
Before that, Wong worked for the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
For the past year, Grate has been serving as a deputy associate administrator in the Office of Strategic Communications. In her new role, she will continue to build on GSA’s mission through effective strategic communications.
Prior to joining GSA, Grate was the director of public affairs at a media and public affairs firm, where she provided communications services to nonprofits and advocacy groups.
She has also served as communications director in the Missouri governor’s office and held positions in policy, research and campaign management.
GSA also announced two personnel changes effective Aug 1: Zoe Garmendia, formerly the senior adviser to the administrator for COVID, will now serve as deputy chief of staff for operations; and Gennie Duncan, who was a special assistant in the administrator’s suite, will serve as policy adviser in the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.