Keenan Austin Reed Becoming the next CEO of Alpine GroupPrior to joining Alpine in 2021, she served as Chief of Staff to then-Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) and served as State Political Director for the Clinton Campaign in Florida during the 2016 election. She is also the founder of the Alliance of Black Congressional Women, a membership organization of more than 300 Black women congressional staffers.
Austin Reed will take over from him on January 1st. Les Spiveya longtime staffer on the Senate Appropriations Committee who led the company as CEO and managing principal for the past five years, will transition to his new role as president.
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper I am participating Squire Patton Boggs As a senior advisor.
Capitol Counsel Adding Adam Calasso As a Partner Jay Heflin He was brought on as a representative to bolster the lobbying firm's tax practice ahead of the much-anticipated tax reform debate.
Calasso previously served as director of federal tax affairs for Corning Incorporated and spent nine years as a Democratic staff member on the Senate Finance Committee, most recently as senior tax and economic adviser to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
Heflin most recently served as director of the Federal Policy Group and previously covered federal tax policy for more than a decade for The Hill and other news outlets.
Jessica Lewis I am participating Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Lewis joined the firm as policy director in its government relations practice. Lewis most recently served as assistant secretary of state for political and military affairs and previously served as staff director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and foreign policy and national security adviser to then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada).
Melissa Bodigheimer He currently serves as a senior policy advisor for natural gas markets. American Petroleum InstituteBoedigheimer most recently worked for Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) as the senior professional staff member for the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. According to LegiStormShe also worked as an advisor in the Office of the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
LSG Adding Jakelyn Stewart Hawkins As a partner, she previously served as Burson's chairman of U.S. multicultural counsel, led Edelman's U.S. multicultural practice, and served as spokesman for the General Services Administration during the Obama administration.
Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios Become a member of Film Association October 1st.
