State & Local Government New Director Appointed for the ODOE and Other State/Municipal News State In Oregon, Governor Kate Brown appointed Janine Benner to serve as the Director of…Leadership ConnectJanuary 5, 2018
Federal Government U.S. Senate Confirmed John C. Rood to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and More Federal News On the evening of January 3, the U.S. Senate confirmed to be under secretary of…Leadership ConnectJanuary 5, 2018
Business Rent-A-Center Names New CEO and More Business News CEO changes Rent-A-Center, Inc. named board member Mitchell E. Fadel as its new Chief Executive…Leadership ConnectJanuary 5, 2018
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
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
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
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
Business CVS Reached a Merger Agreement with Aetna and More Business News Merger/restructuring news CVS Health Corporation announced on December 4, 2017, that they had reached a…Leadership ConnectDecember 7, 2017
Congress Senate Passes Republicans’ Tax Bill and More Congressmen Announce That They will not Seek Reelection The Senate passed the Republicans’ tax bill last week, sending it to a conference committee…Leadership ConnectDecember 7, 2017