former member of parliament Drew Ferguson (Republican, Georgia) who did not seek re-election in 2024 participated. Alston & BirdAppointed as a senior policy advisor to the Legislative and Public Policy Group. During his tenure in the House of Representatives, Mr. Ferguson served on the Tax Development and Revenue Committee, chaired the Social Security Subcommittee, and served on the Tax Subcommittee. Ferguson also served as the House Republican chief deputy whip from 2019 to 2023.
The transition from Capitol Hill to K Street is well known. Approximately 500 former members They continue to participate in lobbying efforts, according to OpenSecret, a nonpartisan nonprofit that studies money and influence in American politics. Outgoing lawmakers are subject to a one-year ban on federal lobbying, but Ferguson has weighed in on some of the biggest legislative battles unfolding on Capitol Hill, including President-elect Trump's extension of his 2017 tax cuts. You can continue to give advice.
alex graff are also participating Alston & BirdAppointed as a special policy advisor to the Healthcare Legislation and Public Policy Group. Mr. Graf joins from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where he served as Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs and served in the Senate for more than a decade, most recently as Democratic Staff Director for the Health Care Financing Subcommittee.
Former senator and congressman Dean Heller (R-Nev.) is participating. Venable LLP as a senior policy advisor in the firm's DC office; Heller, who left Capitol Hill in 2019, served on the Finance, Banking, Veterans Affairs and Commerce Committees while in the Senate and the Ways and Means Committee while in the House of Representatives. Both houses of Congress are poised to pass a new tax bill.
Essential government work Adding Diane Kneller As an expert on agricultural policy, ashley palmer as a health policy expert on the company's federal relations team; Mr. Neller most recently served as Secretary and Staff Director of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, and Mr. Palmer most recently served as Secretary and Staff Director of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services. was an expert staff member of the committee. Education and related institutions.
Kyoukaiishi Partners Adds two Department of Transportation (DOT) graduates. andrew rogers and Andrew Wishniaas senior vice president responsible for the company's transportation and infrastructure operations. Mr. Wishnia previously served as DOT's first Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate Policy and as a senior policy advisor to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, where Mr. Rogers also previously served as Chief Counsel.
Vincent DeVito I am participating Eckert Seamans as special advisor to the firm's Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Practice Group; Mr. DeVito served as an advisor to the Secretary of the Interior for Energy Policy during the first Trump administration.
Fleishman Hillard hired Mary Kosinski As Global Managing Director of Health and Life Sciences. She most recently served as Pi Health's Global Corporate Director and is an alumnus of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and Department of Health and Human Services.
Tom Wodka I am participating Brownstein Hyatt Faber Schreck as a senior policy advisor in the company's government relations department. Wodka spent nearly 20 years at the State Department, including stints as a diplomat in Afghanistan, Austria, Cambodia and Mexico.
brownstein The company also announced the opening of a new office in Tampa, Florida, its 13th U.S. location. melissa kuipers break He will be the managing partner of the new office.
Husch Blackwell's Strategy Women-owned state lobbying firm adds 11th state capital office Harris Frazier Government Official In Nashville, it becomes HBS Tennessee.
Smith Dawson & Andrews' company name smith garson and appoint Brett Garson His appointment as the new president and chief executive officer (CEO) marks the company's first change at the executive level in more than 40 years. Mr. Gerson served as the company's first president for 18 years and has served as CEO for the past two years.
ICBA paymentA payment services subsidiary of Independent Community Bankers of America, Rebecca Kruse As president. Juan Costantini He will also join as Executive Vice President and General Counsel.
Nneka Thiazor began his role as the latest president of Public Relations Council. She previously served as vice president of government communications for Cox and spent 14 years at Verizon.
The Public Relations Council is also promoting Laura Brigandi Senior Manager of Advocacy and Digital Practice, Yeraldin Borai Castillo to the program manager, Leila Everhart to the Senior Manager of Database and Office Operations, and Madalyn “Maddy” Flood to Senior Associate in Communications and Marketing.
K&L Gates rose scott aliferis and Laurie Parplo Parliamentary Counselor lauren flynn Became a government affairs advisor in the company's DC office. An additional 30 people in offices around the world have been promoted to partner, attorney or other policy positions across the firm.
holland & knight Announcing 42 new partners including june marshall and anna haze At the company's DC office.
