“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 |
| Karl Koch | Ex-Rep. Jim Davis (D-Fla.) | Holland & Knight | Former head of health-care practice joins as trade association’s director of government affairs. |
| Barbara Masters | Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service | Olsson, Frank & Weeda | Former administrator joins firm as senior policy adviser. |
| Gilberto Ocanas | The Ocanas Group | Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal | Former president and CEO joins firm as senior adviser of its national public law and policy strategies group. |
| Scott Parven | Aetna Insurance | Parven Pomper Schuyler | Former global public policy lobbyist is firm’s co-founder and president |
| Brian Pomper | Senate Finance Committee | Parven Pomper Schuyler | Former Democratic chief international trade counsel is firm’s co-founder and partner. |
| Robert Portman | Jenner & Block | Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville | Former chairman of firm’s health and association law practice groups joins as partner. |
| John Russell IV | Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) | Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal | Former deputy to the chief of staff joins firm as managing director of its national public law and policy strategies group. |
| Beau Schuyler | Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn.) | Parven Pomper Schuyler | Former legislative director is firm’s co-founder and partner. |
| Robert Silverstein | Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy | Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville | Director joins as partner. |
| Melissa Wier | Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) | Parven Pomper Schuyler | Former deputy to the chief of staff is firm’s managing director. |
