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The Economic Innovation Group named Cal Harris its director of communications. He previously worked as regional communications director for former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg's presidential...
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• Mike House has left Hogan Lovells, where he founded the government relations practice, to launch Oak Grove Strategies. House founded the Hogan Lovells practice in 1991 and led it until 2019. Before...
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The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced that Dennis Wharton, executive vice president of communications, will retire on July 1 after 24 years with the trade group. Wharton will still...
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James Thomas Jr., former deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Senate affairs at the Pentagon during the Trump administration, joined scientific research company Leidos as director of government...
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The National Restaurant Association named Tom Bene its new CEO and president, effective June 1. He replaces Dawn Sweeny, who left the trade group last year. Marvin Irby has been operating as interim...
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Aparna Patrie was named public policy manager at Facebook Inc. She worked as counsel for Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on the Senate Judiciary Committee for more than two years and before that was...
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Joey Smith, who previously worked as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s director of operations, joined Invariant’s government relations team. Smith worked for Mnuchin for more than three years and...
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Clay Middleton, former senior adviser on Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-N.J.) 2020 presidential campaign, was hired as a senior vice president at Mercury Public Affairs. Middleton, a major in the South Carolina...
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Philip Morris International Inc. hired Suzanne Rich Folsom as senior vice president and general counsel, with a July 1 start date. She succeeds Marc Firestone, who is retiring. Folsom previously was a...
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Dan Turton was named senior vice president of global government affairs at Tyson Foods Inc., effective Monday. He previously was senior adviser for Democrats on the House Rules Committee. Before that...
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The Planned Parenthood Federation of America board of directors voted to appoint Alexis McGill Johnson as permanent president and CEO of the organization, where she will also lead the advocacy arm,...
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Heritage Action for America deputy director of government relations Wesley Coopersmith is leaving to be legislative director for Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.). He has worked at Heritage for nearly five...
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Andrew Olmem is now a partner at law and lobbying firm Mayer Brown LLP. He previously was deputy assistant to President Trump and deputy director of the National Economic Council and served at the...
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Allen Thompson was named vice president of government relations at Intel Corp. He most recently was executive director of government relations at Raytheon Technologies for more than six years. Before...
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The National Automobile Dealers Association hired Myra Dandridge as the organization’s first executive director of external affairs and public policy. Dandridge was previously communications director...
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Cindy Goff joined the American Council of Life Insurers as vice president for supplemental benefits and group insurance. Goff previously was director of public policy at Aflac Inc. for more than 2 1/2...
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Former Rep. Jim Greenwood (R-Pa.) joined DLA Piper as a senior policy adviser to the firm's litigation and regulatory practice. He most recently was president and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation...
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Tevi Troy, former vice president of public policy at Juul Labs, is now a senior adviser on the board of experts for Leavitt Partners LLC. Troy worked at Juul for nearly three years. Before that, he was...
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Rachel Wolbers was named public policy manager at Facebook’s new oversight board. She previously was an internet policy specialist at the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and...
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Holland & Knight LLP named Nasim Fussell a partner in its International Trade Group. She was previously chief international trade counsel for Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee. Before...
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