Mike Iger |
Mike Iger, former chief of staff to New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, has joined Glover Park Group, where he’s been named vice president.
Iger joins the government affairs giant from Rep. Maloney’s (D-NY) office, where he’d been stationed since 2012.
He was previously deputy chief of staff—and prior to that, legislative director—to late former Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey (D-NY). Iger also served as a consultant with the Boston-based strategy consulting firm, Altman Vilandrie & Co.
Iger will be based in GPG’s government affairs division in Washington, D.C.

Mike Iger
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