![]() Luke Ballman |
Luke Ballman, who served as deputy assistant secretary for legislative affairs at the Treasury Dept. during the Obama and Trump administrations, has joined Chartwell Strategy Group as senior VP.
At Treasury, he worked on a range of issues including anti-money laundering, Bank Secrecy Act, Committee for Foreign Investment in the US proceedings and sanctions reviews.
Earlier, Ballman served on the staffs of Democrats Sen. Mark Dayton (MN) and Congressman Rob Andrews (NJ).


The principles of liberty, self-government and individual rights are often discussed as matters of history. Last week in Odesa, Ukraine, I was reminded they are also very much matters of the present.
How risks and opportunities have evolved for communicators in the second Trump administration.
Too many executives view public affairs as a technical task. They think that if their policy is strong, their facts are correct, and their lawyers are ready, the outcome will naturally follow. That’s a dangerous misconception.
A majority of Americans (52 percent) say president Trump launched the invasion of Iran in part to distract voters from the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal. Forty percent disagree, according to Drop Site/Zeteo/Data for Progress survey conducted March 6-8.




