Federal Government U.S. Senate Confirmed Multiple Trump Nominees Multiple Trump nominees were confirmed by the U.S. Senate over the past week. Among them…Leadership ConnectDecember 28, 2017
Congress Congress Passes Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown Congress passed a stopgap measure Thursday to avoid a government shutdown, which would have taken…Leadership ConnectDecember 28, 2017
Business Kindred Healthcare Agreed to be Acquired by a Consortium of Three Companies and Other Business News Merger/restructuring news Kindred Healthcare announced on December 19, 2017, that it had entered into a…Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017
Law & Lobbying President Trump Nominates a Circuit Judge and Nine District Judges This week, President Trump nominated Joel M. Carson to be Circuit Judge on the United…Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017
State & Local Government Several Departure Announcements and Other State/Municipal News State A day after the police chief of Charlottesville, Virginia announced his retirement, Virginia State…Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017
Federal Government President Trump Nominated an Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and More News On December 19, President Trump nominated Susan Thornton to be assistant secretary for East Asian…Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017
Congress House and Senate Passed Republican’s Tax Plan and Other Congressional News The House and Senate passed Republicans’ tax plan on Wednesday after finalizing the tax bill…Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017
Nonprofits & Associations New Dean of the Stern School of Business at NYU Rangarajan “Raghu” Sundaram has been announced as the next Dean of the Stern School of…Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017
News Media Several New Hires and Promotions at Time and Other Media News Periodicals Time announced several new hires and promotions this week: Katherine Pomerantz was named director…Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017
Nonprofits & Associations Former Senior Advisor to President Trump Named President of The Heritage Foundation and More Nonprofit News Think Tanks and Research Institutes Kay Coles James, who previously worked as a senior advisor to…Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017
Law & Lobbying U.S. Senate Confirms Two More Circuit Judges This week, the United States Senate confirmed Don Willett in a 50-47 vote to be…Leadership ConnectDecember 14, 2017
State & Local Government Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s Chief of Staff has Resigned and More State/Municipal News State Adding to the recent wave of high state-level departures in Colorado, Governor John Hickenlooper’s…Leadership ConnectDecember 14, 2017
Federal Government Dina Powell is Leaving the Trump Administration in Early 2018 and Other News The White House announced on Friday, December 8, that Dina Powell will be leaving the…Leadership ConnectDecember 14, 2017
Congress Doug Jones (D-AL) won Attorney General Jeff Session’s Senate Seat and More Congressional News Doug Jones (D-AL) won Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s Senate seat on Tuesday, defeating Roy Moore…Leadership ConnectDecember 14, 2017
Business Walt Disney Company to Acquire Most of 21st Century Fox and More Business News Merger/restructuring news The Walt Disney Company reached an agreement this week to acquire Twenty-First Century…Leadership ConnectDecember 14, 2017
Nonprofits & Associations New President and CEO Named for the APSP & Other Nonprofit News Associations Lawrence S. “Larry” Caniglia has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of the…Leadership ConnectDecember 14, 2017
News Media Promotions at NBC and Other Media News Networks At NBC News, Ashley Parrish was promoted to vice president, strategic content for NBC…Leadership ConnectDecember 14, 2017
Law & Lobbying New Chair Elected for Sidley Austin’s Executive Committee Sidley Austin LLP announced that Michael J. Schmidtberger was elected Chair of the firm’s Executive…Leadership ConnectDecember 14, 2017
Nonprofits & Associations New Presidents Appointed for Arcadia University & John Carroll University Arcadia University has announced Ajay Nair as the institution’s 22nd President, effective April 2, 2018.…Leadership ConnectDecember 13, 2017
Business Former Secretary of Homeland Security Elected to Lockheed Martin’s Board Lockheed Martin Corporation appointed Jeh C. Johnson to its board of directors, effective January 1,…Leadership ConnectDecember 12, 2017