Max Moody, the former press secretary for Florida Representative Tom Rooney, recently joined Pernod Ricard, one of the world’s largest beverage producers, as director of state policy. Pernod Ricard’s growing interest…
On January 8th, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Director Dr. Steven Walker announced Dr. Peter Highnam as the agency’s new deputy director. Highnam, a DARPA program manager from 1999…
Senate leaders announced new committee assignments on Tuesday to redistribute former Senator Al Franken (D-MN)’s assignments and to establish new majority-minority ratios within the committees. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL)’s victory…
Another slew of Republicans have announced that they will not seek reelection in 2018. Reps. Gregg Harper (R-MS, 3rd), Ron DeSantis (R-PA, 6th), Ed Royce (R-CA, 39th), and Darrell Issa…
State In Oregon, Governor Kate Brown appointed Janine Benner to serve as the Director of the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE). “Janine is an innovative leader with a wealth of…
On the evening of January 3, the U.S. Senate confirmed to be under secretary of defense for policy with a vote of 81 to 7. Rood will join the Department…
Doug Jones (D-AL) and Tina Smith (D-MN) were sworn in as the newest members of the 115th Congress on Wednesday, narrowing the Republicans’ majority in the Senate to 51-49 ….
Foundations At the Rockefeller Foundation, Matthew Herrick was named Managing Director, Communications. Herrick most recently served as senior vice president of Story Partners from 2016-2018, where he founded the agency’s…
CEO changes Rent-A-Center, Inc. named board member Mitchell E. Fadel as its new Chief Executive Officer, replacing Mark E. Speese. Fadel previously served as President, U.S. Pawn at EZCORP, Inc….
Networks Tim Mak joined NPR as a political reporter, covering movement conservatism and the Midterm elections. He previously served as a senior political correspondent for The Daily Beast. Asma Khalid…
This week, the Oregon Court of Appeals announced James C. Egan as its next Chief Judge effective January 2, 2018. Judge Egan replaces former Chief Judge Erika Hadlock, who will…
State George S. Hawkins, Chief Executive Officer of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), is stepping down from his current position. He announced his intention to…
Multiple Trump nominees were confirmed by the U.S. Senate over the past week. Among them was Robert P. Storch, who was confirmed to be inspector general of the National Security…
Congress passed a stopgap measure Thursday to avoid a government shutdown, which would have taken effect early Saturday morning. The bill extends government funding until Jan. 19, and it also…
Merger/restructuring news Kindred Healthcare announced on December 19, 2017, that it had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by a consortium of three companies: TPG Capital; Welsh, Carson,…
This week, President Trump nominated Joel M. Carson to be Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. President Trump also nominated nine to serve…
State A day after the police chief of Charlottesville, Virginia announced his retirement, Virginia State Police Superintendent Colonel Steve Flaherty announced his own after serving 42 years with the state…
On December 19, President Trump nominated Susan Thornton to be assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs at the Department of State. Thornton, a member of the Senior Foreign…
The House and Senate passed Republicans’ tax plan on Wednesday after finalizing the tax bill in a conference committee last week. The tax rewrite delivers sweeping tax cuts for corporations,…
Rangarajan “Raghu” Sundaram has been announced as the next Dean of the Stern School of Business at New York University, effective January 1, 2018. Sundaram has served in various faculty…
