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NCAA names new director of government relations

This NCAA has a new director of government relations: Kevin McColaughformer director of federal relations at Northeastern University. McColaugh also previously served as deputy chief of staff for federal affairs to former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R), the current president of the NCAA.

Global he knocked Josh Tzuker as Chief of the Antitrust and Competition Division. Most recently, he was Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.

Nicole Petrosino He joined MetLife as vice president of U.S. government relations. She most recently served as senior vice president of government relations at LPL Financial and previously worked in government relations at Mastercard and TIAA-CREF. Petrosino also previously worked for the George W. Bush administration as director in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs and as a legislative assistant in the Office of Management and Budget.

Kilpatrick City added Keval Patel as a government relations adviser in the company’s Washington office. Patel most recently served as a government and public affairs specialist for Cox Communications and previously served as campaign finance director for Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.).

FleishmanHillard He hired Van Keller as Vice President of Corporate Reputation, Shelby Power as a Customer Service Manager for Public Affairs and Caroline Bryant as Senior Director of Corporate Reputation.

Keller previously served as press secretary for Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and is an Avoq graduate. Powers returns to FleishmanHillard after a stint at consumer cybersecurity startup Aura. Bryant previously served as senior campaign director at public relations firm Team LEWIS.

Terry Grafenstineformer inspector general of the House of Representatives, is the new chairman of the global board of directors Institute of Internal AuditorsIn addition to serving as chairwoman, she serves as director of audit for Pentagon Federal Credit Union.

This Economic Speakers Bureaunetwork of national economic policy experts and former Biden administration officials, announced Christina Carr will be its director. Carr most recently served as communications director for the Joint Economic Committee and previously served as press secretary for the Small Business Administration under President Biden and as communications director for Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.).

The office is an initiative Groundwork Collaborationwhich he called Mike Webb as deputy director and head of communications. Webb most recently served as senior vice president of media and marketing at the News Literacy Project and is an alumnus of ProPublica, The Nation and Honolulu Civil Beat.

Signal Group He hired Erika Bellido-Jin to vice president of operations, while Madeleine Russak was promoted to senior vice president and Jackson Parker to senior associate.

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