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Amazon has hired Haley Barbour’s BGR Government Affairs for Washington on transportation policy matters.
BGR’s Amazon team includes Erskine Wells, ex-deputy chief of staff for Roger Wicker (R-MS), Jennifer Lukawski (ex-director of House Relations at the Heritage Foundation and legislative director to former Rep. Bob Dornan (R-CA), Bill Viney (former federal policy director at Broydrick & Assocs.) and Johnathan Mantz (national finance director of Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination).
The online retailer spent $12.1M for lobbying during the past year. Its roster of firms include Squire Patton Boggs, Monument Policy Group, Van Ness Feldman, McGuireWoods Consulting, Bloom Strategic and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
Anne Kierig, who was senior manager of public policy at Amazon, has joined the American Advertising Federation as VP-government affairs. She takes over for Clark Rector, who is retiring after a 37-year run at AAF.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which was established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump, has hired Valcour LLC, which has close ties with his administration.
Ballard Partners has signed on gunmaker Sturm, Ruger & Co to advocate on behalf of Second Amendment issues.
Sakura Conservation Strategies has registered Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium as a client.
Sachs Media has signed on to represent the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund to advocate for public policies proven to reduce tobacco use, which is the No. 1 cause of preventable deaths in the US and the rest of the world.
