Ramaco Resources, one of North America’s largest coal producers, has hired West Viriginian Evan Jenkins, a Republican who served in the U.S. House from 2015 to 2018, as general counsel.

Jenkins has a long history in politics and government affairs. He comes to Lexington, Kentucky-based Ramaco from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he’d been senior vice president of government affairs for 18 months.