D.C.-area agency updates: Powell Tate, Sage Communications and Bellrae Marketing

Powell Tate, the public affairs unit of The Weber Shandwick Collective, appoints Joshua Wu, above, as SVP president of analytics + intelligence. According to O’Dwyer’s, Wu comes to the agency from Marina Maher Communications, where he was SVP of performance analytics. Before that, he was a VP at Edelman Data & Intelligence. Based in DC, Wu will oversee a team of analytics talent at Powell Tate and across Weber Shandwick’s South Geo, including Baltimore, Dallas and Atlanta.

Sage Communications has formed a strategic alliance with National Strategies, a state and local government consulting firm, in order to better serve current and future customers within the state and local government market. This new alliance, states a release, “will provide unmatched offerings to Sage Communications’ and National Strategies’ current clients and for organizations who seek opportunities with state and local government organizations. Both companies have industry-leading public sector subject matter experts in their respective disciplines and are well positioned to deliver superior value from research, strategic and tactical planning to sales enablement and contract support.”

Bellrae Marketing opened an office in Arlington. The Arlington office will serve as a satellite office for the Bellrae Marketing headquarters in Glen Allen, VA..