A Flurry of Appointments and Promotions in Washington, D.C.: Top Executives Shift to New Positions

Elizabeth Wilkins, who previously worked at the Federal Trade Commission as the chief of staff to the chair and director of the Office of Policy Planning, is set to become a senior fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project. She also served as a senior advisor to the chief of staff in the Biden White House.

Jessica Monahan has joined Cozen O’Connor as a senior principal after working at Arnold & Porter. She has also worked at McGuireWoods Consulting, National Association of Counties, and Squire Patton Boggs.

Ryan McDermott has been appointed vice president of national security policy by the Aerospace Industries Association. He most recently worked in the Air Force’s cost and economics office.

Vincent Barnes is now the senior vice president of government affairs at the AnnDyl Policy Group. He previously served as senior vice president of policy and research at the Alliance to Save Energy.

Jennifer Rust has joined Rich Feuer Anderson as a principal. She has experience working with Congresswoman Maxine Waters and previously worked as senior vice president and counsel at Porterfield, Fettig & Sears.

The American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) has combined its government relations and public affairs practices into one department and appointed Jill Kozeny as executive vice president and chief advocacy officer. Kozeny previously served as chief of staff to Senator Chuck Grassley, where she worked with the Senate Finance Committee. Additionally, ACLI promoted several key executives including Howard Bard to senior vice president and deputy general counsel, Scott Dixon to senior vice president and chief financial officer, Carrie Haughawout to senior vice president of life insurance and regulatory policy, Maria Palacios to senior vice president and chief human resources officer, David Chavannes to senior vice president for public policy strategy, Kevin Dugan to general counsel for legal affairs strategy, Donna Vargas-Salgadoo to head of communications strategy for public affairs