Lobbying world

Tim Bergreen will join Hogan Lovells as a partner. Bergreen was chief of staff to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and staff director for Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee.

Sam Goodstein will join Venn Strategies as executive vice president. Goodstein previously served as chief of staff to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).

Broderick Johnson will join Comcast Corp. as executive vice president of public policy and digital equity. Johnson was most recently a lobbyist at Covington & Burling LLP and previously served as assistant to the president and cabinet secretary under former President Obama.

Michael Barnard joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a senior policy adviser. Barnard was most recently federal affairs director for Johnson & Johnson and before that was a policy adviser to Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.).

Chris Berardini joined Becker & Poliakoff as senior international and government relations director. Berardini previously served as chief of staff to former Reps. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) and Henry Brown (R-S.C.).

Katie Hazlett joined Commonwealth Strategic Partners as director of government affairs. She served as assistant secretary at the Department of Energy’s Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs during the Trump administration.

Ken Barbic joined the Farmers Business Network as head of policy and global government relations. Barbic previously served as assistant secretary at the Department of Agriculture’s Office of Congressional Affairs in the Trump administration.

Freddy Mitchell will join MetLife Inc. as vice president of U.S. government relations. Mitchell most recently oversaw congressional relations at the American Bankers Association.

Karla Thieman joined Finsbury Glover Hering as a partner. Thieman was chief of staff to former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack during the Obama administration.

Christine Hennessey joined Narrative Strategies as a director. She most recently served as communications director for Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.).