The Arizona Daily Star is reporting that C.J. Karamargin, communications director for Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is leaving his post to become the Vice Chancellor for public information and government relations at Pima Community College. He has been with Giffords since 2007.
Read the Star article here.
I knew C.J. when he was the political reporter over at the Star, and communicated with him last year during Giffords’ re-election campaign, and also throughout this tragic shooting of his boss and fellow aides on January 8, 2011. He exhibited a lot of compassion and competence during that horrible incident, and was a tireless advocate for accurate reporting about the Congresswoman and her injured staffers Ron Barber and Pam Simon. And I am sure he experienced a great deal of grief over the killing of young Congressional aide Gabe Zimmerman, as all of us did who knew Gabe.
Good luck C.J. on your new position.
