George Atallah

George Atallah
Born	Lebanon
Nationality	Lebanese American
Occupation	Assistant executive director of external affairs for the National Football League Players Association

George Atallah is an American business executive and public relations professional. He is currently the assistant executive director of external affairs for the National Football League Players Association, a position he has held since 2009.

George Atallah was born in Lebanon and moved to New York City as a child. Growing up he was a fan of the New York Giants. Atallah attended Boston College where he earned two bachelor's degrees, one in English and one in philosophy. In 2009, Atallah earned his Master of Business Administration from George Washington University.

Atallah has worked in the field of public relations, and media strategy. In the early 2000s, he worked at Goldman Sachs as a senior client analyst. Following his time at Goldman Sachs, Atallah worked as a senior development associate for the nonprofit organization Seeds of Peace and then at the consulting firm Fahmy Hudome International. Atallah then joined the public relations firm Qorvis Communications in 2006, where he specialized in media relations and crisis communications strategies and focused on U.S.-Middle East relations.

In 2009, Atallah was hired by the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) to serve as the organization's assistant executive director of external affairs, a newly created position. Atallah was the first major hire carried out by then-recently elected NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith, with whom Atallah had become acquainted while working at Qorvis.

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