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Posted by on Jan. 28, 2020
After nearly five years in Rep. Jim Langevin's (D-R.I.) office, staffer Peter La Fountain is going green.
La Fountain started a new job this month as policy adviser for the BlueGreen Alliance, a group that advocates for green job growth. He will focus on the transportation sector, including electric vehicles, per LinkedIn. He covered both transportation and environmental issues for Langevin before his departure.
Prior to serving as a legislative assistant and then senior legislative assistant with Langevin, La Fountain worked for a few months for Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), interned at the White House and served as a research superviser for the Democratic National Committee.
Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 27, 2020
A Republican aide has moved to a powerful trade group after more than 16 years with the House.
Amy Bos joined the National Association of Realtors as a federal technology-policy representative earlier this month. NAR spent a staggering $41 million on federal lobbying in 2019, behind only two other organizations.
Bos comes from the office of Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), where she was legislative director. Prior to her tenure with Sensenbrenner, who is retiring at the end of this term, Bos worked for ex-Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.).
Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 24, 2020
A GOP Senate aide has moved to the government affairs world.
Flin Hyre spent the last four and a half years with Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), most recently as a legislative assistant.
He's now a government affairs specialist at CNH Industrial, a Dutch capital-goods company. CNH, which has annual revenues in the tens of billions of dollars, specalizes in agriculture and construction equipment and spends about $1.5 million a year on federal lobbying through a subsidiary.
Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 21, 2020
Bill McGinley, President Trump's longest-serving Cabinet secretary, has newly registered as a lobbyist.
McGinley is one of five Vogel Group lobbyists working on defense issues for Vectrus, a government contractor. The group is lobbying Congress on logistics services and budget issues relating to military-base operations, according to a recent disclosure.
McGinley joined the Vogel Group in October, a couple months after leaving his post as Cabinet secretary, the White House's top liaison between the president and his Cabinet. Prior to his time with the Trump administration, McGinley was a partner at Jones Day and at Patton Boggs.
Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 16, 2020
Rep. Tom Reed's (R-N.Y.) newest hire comes with eight years of lobbying experience.
David Bridges comes from Kimberly-Clark Corp., where he spent the last few years as senior government-relations manager. Before that, he worked for Edison Electric Institute, an association representing the utilities industry. He registered as a lobbyist on behalf of each organization.
The George Washington Law graduate is now Reed's tax counsel.
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