Lobbying World

• The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) hired Kathryn Anderson as its vice president of federal government affairs. She comes from Dentons, where she served as a senior managing director. Anderson’s resume also includes serving as an in-house lobbyist for health and life insurance companies and Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign. 

• Kelley Drye & Warren brought on William -Reinsch as senior international trade and government relations adviser. Prior to that, he served as the president of the National Foreign Trade Council, a trade group focused on trade policy, export finance, international tax and human resource issues, and spent 15 years with the organization. 

{mosads}• Craig Veith joined Booz Allen Hamilton as the vice president for external affairs, a new position that manages government and media relations, in addition to corporate social responsibility programs. Before that, he founded consulting firm Sound Resources in 2005. Veith had also served as president and CEO of Direct Impact, the grassroots arm of PR giant Burson-Marsteller, and as the chairman of the U.S. Media Practice at Burson. 

• Dan Scandling left Ogilvy Public Relations — the firm he joined last year — for APCO Worldwide, where he will serve as a senior director for government affairs. Scandling had been a longtime aide on Capitol Hill, working for former Reps. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) and the late Herb Bateman (R-Va.) during a 25-year congressional career.

• The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association hired away Danielle Beck from K Street firm the Russell Group to serve as the trade group’s director of government affairs. 

 • Dan Hill, former president of Ervin Hill Strategy, has formed a new communications and government affairs firm called Hill Impact. The firm is focused on “executing thoughtful strategies with precision by using proprietary tactics and disciplined planning” and modeled after a special operations unit.

• Common Cause, a public interest and campaign finance advocacy group, named –Karen Hobert -Flynn as its new president. She succeeds Miles Rapoport, who is stepping down but will serve as an adviser to the group through Sept. 30. Hobert Flynn previously served as senior vice president for programs and strategy at the group since 2012. Overall, she has spent more than two decades with the group and its affiliates.