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Jill Kozeny, chief of staff to Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, will join the American Council of Life Insurers on Jan. 2 as senior VP-communications and PA.
She advised Grassley in his role as chairman of the Senate Judiciary and earlier as ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee.
Her responsibilities included crafting strategic communications strategy around issues such as taxes, healthcare, retirement security, international trade and government reform.
Susan Neely, who was head of the American Beverage Assn., took the helm of the ACLI in September. Earler, she served in the George W. Bush administration as assistant secretary for PA at the Dept. of Homeland Security.
Neely took over ACLI from former Idaho Republican Senator and Interior Secretary under Bush II Dirk Kempthorne, who headed the group for eight years.
ACLI’s 290 members provide life insurance, annuities, retirement plans, disability income insurance and dental/vision plans to 90M US families.
DCI Group has hired Will Stevens, who has more than 20 years of
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Nick Mammano, who was president/CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, has rejoined Mercury Public Affairs as a managing director in its Saddle Brook office.
Seven Letter hires Allie Raffa, who was most recently White House correspondent for NBC News, as a senior director... Points of Light, an organization founded by President George H.W. Bush that is dedicated to volunteer service, names Jeff Zanelli as CMO... Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company, appoints Nora Shepard as VP of communications.
Alcoa has named Emily Olson, who has more than 20 years of experience working in capital-intensive industries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, EVP & chief external affairs officer, effective April 6.
