"About 40 percent of the roughly 60 staffers who worked at the Podesta Group last month are heading to Cogent, including 18 of the Podesta Group’s 27 principals and all four of its senior vice presidents. Just one of the Podesta Group’s seven vice presidents, Shellie Purvis, has made the move so far, according to Cogent’s website, and none of the firm’s directors or other, more junior staffers.
Others are planning to start their own shops or join other firms.
Josh Lahey, a Podesta Group principal, said this week that he was starting a new firm called Lot Sixteen with Colin Hayes, a former Senate staffer. And Paul Brathwaite, another principal, also started his own firm, Federal Street Strategies." - Politico