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The American Frozen Food Institute has hired Joe Clayton as executive vice president of public affairs.

Clayton will help direct AFFI’s public affairs program and oversee day-to-day management of its “Frozen – How Fresh Stays Fresh” national consumer campaign.

Clayton was previously the public affairs practice leader at Golin, a public relations agency.

Before joining Golin, he was the founding partner of Outreach Strategies, where he represented the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the U.S. Climate Action Partnership. He also served as the president and chief executive officer of Widmeyer Communications, and as legislative assistant to former Sen. Alan Dixon, D-Ill.

Clayton received a bachelor of arts in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.