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Doug Oliver, former mayoral candidate, joins Peco as its spokesman

Doug Oliver, the former spokesman for Mayor Nutter and Philadelphia Gas Works, has joined Peco Energy Co. as its director of communications.

Doug Oliver, the former spokesman for Mayor Nutter and Philadelphia Gas Works, has joined Peco Energy Co. as its director of communications.

Oliver, 41, was senior vice president for communications at PGW before stepping down to run for mayor in 2015. After the Democratic primary, he returned to the city-owned utility as a senior leader for external affairs and marketing and corporate communications.

Before working for PGW, Oliver served as the Nutter administration's press secretary as a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.

A Philadelphia native, Oliver succeeds Cathy Engel Menendez, who stepped down in July to attend to family matters.

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