Job Tracker is a roundup of the latest job changes in the lobbying world, from turns of the revolving door to moves between firms. Send information about new hires by e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to Influence at (202) 457-0718.
| Name | From | To | Notes |
| Peggy Binzel | CoreNet Global | Dittus Communications | Telecom vet and former CEO of CoreNet Global joins as senior vice president. |
| Ex-Gov. James Blanchard | DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary | DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary | Former Democratic Michigan governor promoted to chair of Piper’s government affairs practice, replacing Thomas O’Neil. |
| Glynda Becker | Executive Office of the President | McBee Strategic Consulting | Former White House regional political director for Western states moves downtown. |
| Dan Cummings | Innovene | B&D Consulting | Former director of external affairs for the BP petrochemical spinoff joins as senior adviser at B&D and of counsel at parent law firm Baker & Daniels. |
| Priya Dayananda | America’s Community Bankers | KPMG | Lobbyist who worked in several Democratic offices joins as the accounting firm’s director of federal government affairs. |
| Rob Hobart | Office of Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) | McBee Strategic Consulting | Former Wamp staffer is one of three new hires, two of whom are Republicans. |
| Kristi Kennedy | Office of Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.) | Bryan Cave Strategies | Former Sarbanes legislative director joins the D.C. operation of the Missouri-based firm. |
| Neal Krokosky | Flanagan Consulting | National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones | Former research director joins foreign trade group as director of communications and member relations. |
| Jill Shapiro Long | Senate Appropriations Committee | McBee Strategic Consulting | Former professional staffer at the Senate Appropriations Committee and legislative assistant to Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) is one of McBee’s three new hires. |
| Christopher Singer | GlaxoSmithKline | PhRMA | Pharma vet who was GlaxoSmithKline’s vice president in charge of state government affairs and did a lobby stint with Pfizer joins the trade giant. |
