“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 |
| Kenneth Connolly | Senate Environment and Public Works Committee | ML Strategies | Former staff director joins as a member of the government affairs division. |
| James Dennis | Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) | Capitol Tax Partners | Former counsel joins firm as partner. |
| Marc Gerson | House Committee on Ways & Means | Miller & Chevalier | Former tax counsel joins firm’s tax and government affairs department. |
| David Grimaldi | Rep. Ed Towns (D-N.Y.) | The Raben Group | Former legislative counsel joins as senior counsel. |
| Fred Hatfield | Commodity Futures Training Commission | Patton Boggs | Former commissioner joins lobby shop to specialize in hedge funds and financial services. |
| Mark Heller | WilmerHale | Goodwin Procter | Former head of Food and Drug Administration department starts FDA practice. |
| Robert Leonard | Clark Consulting Federal Policy Group | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | Former senior director joins as partner. |
| Tama Mattocks | American Hospital Association | Strategic Health Care | Former senior lobbyist joins as senior vice president. |
| Dave McCurdy | Electronic Industries Alliance | National Association of Manufacturers | Past president joins as president of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. |
| Kevin Schweers | House Committee on Energy and Commerce | Electronic Industries Alliance | Former communications director joins as vice president of communications. |
| Raymond Shepherd III | Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations | Venable | Former chief counsel and staff director joins as partner in firm’s government affairs division. |
| Regina Sullivan | Air Transport Associations | RSullivan & Associates | Former vice president of government and congressional affairs opens government relations firm. |
| Howard Waltzman | House Energy and Commerce Committee | Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw | Former chief counsel for the telecommunications and Internet subcommittee joins as partner. |
