Cynthia Hogan, who was policy advisor for President Obama, has joined the NFL as senior VP/public policy and government affairs. She will report to Paul Hicks, executive VP-communications & government affairs.
Based in Washington (not NFL headquarters in New York), Hogan will develop policy, legislative initiatives and work with individual teams on local and state issues.
In the Obama Administration from `09-`13, Hogan dealt with healthcare, financial regulation, information technology, privacy and other civil liberties, criminal justice, and national security.
She handled special projects such as stewarding the effort to confirm Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court and coordinating gun violence measures.
Prior to the White House, Hogan was chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
She called the opportunity to handle the "complex and compelling issues of interest to the NFL" a "unique and exciting challenge."
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