Head of congressional ethics panel jumps to law and lobby firm
Dickstein Shapiro has plucked the leader of a congressional watchdog for its lobby shop.Porter Goss, an ex-CIA director and former Republican congressman, stepped down from the Office of Congressional...
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• Mike Tuffin has stepped down as the managing director of APCO Worldwide’s headquarters in Washington to take a job as a senior vice president of public affairs at UnitedHealth Group, “heading up a...
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• Richard Pollack, the top lobbyist for the American Hospital Association, has been selected as the powerful group’s CEO. He succeeds Richard Umbdenstock, who last year announced plans to retire....
View ArticleEx-CIA leader lobbying Congress for Turkey
Former CIA Director Porter Goss has decamped to K Street and is now lobbying Congress on behalf of Turkey.Lobbying firm Dickstein Shapiro inked a deal with the former spy chief and Republican lawmaker...
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• Stratacomm has named Jacqueline Bengel as a vice president in the company’s Washington office to “oversee integrated communication planning and strategies across several client accounts.” Prior to...
View ArticleCapitol Counsel hires top GOP tax panel aide
Dave Olander, the former chief tax counsel to former Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), has become a partner at Capitol Counsel.It is a significant addition to the mid-size firm, which has carved out a niche...
View ArticleEx-Sen. Landrieu joins law and lobby firm
Former Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) is following many of her former colleagues to K Street, and will be joining Van Ness Feldman as a senior policy advisor, the law and lobby firm said on Tuesday.The...
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• Tate Bennett, an energy and agriculture policy aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), will be joining the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association next month. She will serve...
View ArticleAmerican Bankers Association names Rob Nichols as CEO
Rob Nichols will succeed former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating as the CEO of the American Bankers Association, the trade group said on Wednesday.Nichols, a former Treasury official, already represents 18...
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• BGR Government Affairs hired Brent Del Monte to serve as a senior vice president. He spent the last decade at the Biotechnology Industry Organization.• Nicole Vasilaros has been named vice president...
View ArticleUnivision snatches lobbyist from K Street firm
Jessica Herrera-Flanigan is leaving K Street firm Monument Policy Group to head up the Washington shop for Univision Communications Inc. as it expands its presence in Washington.She begins as the...
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• Jenifer Healy has joined the public policy and regulation practice at Dentons as a senior managing director. She most recently worked as the health counsel to Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.). During her...
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• The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) hired Marine Corps Capt. Daniel Grazier to “advocate for Pentagon budget reforms that rein in programs that make little strategic sense, while supporting...
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• The Sierra Club hired Khalid Pitts as its national political director. He previously served as the board chairman and president of the progressive grassroots organization USAction, as a senior...
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• Margaret Richardson, former chief of staff and counselor to then-Attorney General Eric Holder, is reuniting with her old boss at Covington & Burling. She will work with Holder in the global...
View ArticleCigna, Aetna hire lobbyists amid mergers
As the health insurance market prepares for a duo of mergers, the companies involved are hiring teams of lobbyists to make sure the process goes smoothly. Most recently, Cigna, which agreed to a $54...
View ArticleFeinstein's chief counsel heads to K Street
Neil Quinter, chief counsel to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), has joined law and lobby firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, the firm announced on Tuesday.He comes to the firm after working stints...
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• FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The Haitian Diaspora Federation has hired two former lawmakers to help gain support for enhanced election monitoring in Haiti. In August, legislative elections in the country were...
View ArticleWal-Mart nabs leader of K Street firm
The head of global law firm Covington & Burling’s Washington lobby shop is heading to Wal-Mart to lead the company’s new global public policy and government affairs section.Dan Bryant, who moved...
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• A former communications executive for the Beer Institute, Chris Thorne, is opening a Washington office for the Albuquerque, N.M.-based 3 Advertising that will be focused on public affairs.• Downey...
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