Leadership

Bringing together the top minds in public affairs

Bringing Together the Top Minds in Public Affairs

The Public Affairs Council is governed by a Board of Directors with operational and program oversight by its internal senior management team.

Board of Directors

The Council is governed by a Board of Directors providing strategic insight to guide its operations. The board is comprised of approximately 190 top executives in the corporate, association and nonprofit worlds.

Nominations for the Board are accepted each spring. Board members serve a two-year term, and there’s no limit to the number of terms an individual may serve.

Meet the Board

Amie Adams
Dunn Associates

Jane Adams
Johnson & Johnson

Ryan Adesnik
Stanford University

Katie Anderson
Aristotle International

Lee Anderson
General Mills Inc.

Casey Anthony
DoorDash

Sara Armstrong
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Lester Bagley
Minnesota Vikings Football LLC

Tres Bailey
Ecolab Inc.

Elizabeth Baker
Air Line Pilots Association, International

Jana Barresi
Lowe’s Companies Inc.

Elizabeth Bartz
State and Federal Communications Inc.

Mark Battaglini
Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

Michael Behm
Stateside Associates

Christie Bloomquist
Astellas Pharma US Inc.

Eric Brewer
Total Wine & More

Roz Brooks
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Sharon Brosnan
Thrivent Financial

Kendra Brown
MasterCard International LLC

David Brown
Constellation Energy Corp.

Rich Buckley
McKesson Corp.

Deb Burke
Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions

David Burns
Prudential Financial Inc.

John Calvelli
Wildlife Conservation Society

Vlad Cartwright
720 Strategies

Casey Cesnovar
Walgreens Boots Alliance

Dave Cetola
SYENSQO

Stephanie Childs
Diageo North America

Steve Ciccone
Toyota Motor North America

Rob Clark
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Jonathan Collard
Solventum

Nicole Collier
The Procter & Gamble Co.

Jillian Coughenour
Western Union

Anne Crews
Mary Kay Inc.

Greg Crist
Advanced Medical Technology Association

Meghann Curtis
Weber Shandwick

Myra Dandridge
National Automobile Dealers Association

Jeff Davidman
Delta Air Lines Inc.

Grace Davis
Sutter Health

Gerard Dehrmann
Walmart

Linda Dempsey
CF Industries Inc.

Shari Dexter
American Hospital Association

Alex Dickinson
Beekeeper Group

Tom DiGangi
National Strategies

Gloria Dittus
Story Partners LLC

Colette Dodson Honorable
Exelon Corp.

Caitlin Donahue
Seven Star Strategies

Stephanie Dyson
Bristol-Myers Squibb

Madison Eggert-Crowe
Comcast Corp.

Kip Eideberg
Association of Equipment Manufacturers

Erin Engle
State Farm Insurance Companies

Donna Epps
Verizon Communications

Meghan Everngam
National Association of Home Builders

Tom Evers
Abbott

Roi Ewell
Ewell & Associates LLC

Terri Fariello
United Airlines

Steve Fera
Independence Blue Cross

Madeline Ferraro
Atlantic Health System

Patrick Finnegan
Lubrizol Corp.

Molly Fogarty
Nestle USA

David French
National Retail Federation

John Galligan
Microsoft Corp.

Nef Garcia
McLane Co., Inc.

Ezra Garrett
Oportun

Courtney Geduldig
National Grid USA Inc.

Genna Gent
Consumer Brands Association

Travis Gianchetta
Beekeeper Group

Todd Gillenwater
Medtronic Inc.

Christopher Gindlesperger
National Confectioners Association

Kevin Goodno
Fredrikson & Byron P.A.

Julie Goon
Elevance Health

Ed Griesmer
MultiState

Ken Gross
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Scott Gunn
International Game Technology

Julian Ha
Heidrick and Struggles International Inc.

Pierce Haley
Serlin Haley LLP

Rob Hall
Entergy

Matt Haller
International Franchise Association

Marcel Halma
Solvay SA

Mary Moore Hamrick
Political Quotient Advisors LLC

Lara Hamsher
AES Corp.

Jessica Hanson Hanna
American Property Casualty Insurance Association

Lou Hayden
AMH

Pat Hayes
The Clorox Co.

Sue Hensley
National Restaurant Association

Julie Herwig
New York Life Insurance Co.

John Himle
Himle LLC

John Hishta
AARP

Erik Hower
AT&T

Brian Huseman
Amazon

Jill Ingrassia
AAA National

Rico Izaguirre
Affirm Inc.

Kate Johansen
Mayo Clinic

Kristin Julason Damato
The Cigna Group

Jessamyn Katz
Heyman Associates Inc.

Kevin Keane
American Beverage Association

Heather Kennedy
The Home Depot

Chris Keuleman
International Paper Co.

Maureen Kline
Pirelli Tire North America

Russ Knocke
Republic Services Inc.

Brad Knox
AFLAC

Jill Kozeny
American Council of Life Insurers

Margery Kraus
APCO

Tony Lakavage
U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention

Tom Lamb
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

Paddi LeShane
Sullivan & LeShane Public Relations Inc.

Mike Lord
The Washington Campus

George Lowe
American Gas Association

Kathryn Lowell
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

Nick Ludlum
CTIA – The Wireless Association

Justin Maierhofer
Tennessee Valley Authority

Julian Malasi
Amneal Pharmaceutical

Cathy Mann
CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V.

Brittany Masalosalo
HP Inc.

John Mason
Altria Client Services Inc.

Chris Matthews
VOX Global

B.R. McConnon
Prospect Street Partners

Randy McCullough
NYS Funeral Directors Association

Shannon McGahn
National Association of REALTORS

Katherine McGuire
American Psychological Association Services Inc.

Diane McNulty PhD
UT Dallas, Jindal School of Management

Katie Meyer
Novocure

Greg Miley
AbbVie

William Minor
DLA Piper LLP

Katy Montgomery
Adfero

Howard Moon
Amgen Inc.

Tiffany Moore
Consumer Technology Association

Chris Morton
American Land Title Association

Monica Mueller
Motorola Solutions

Makini Nyanteh
American Institutes for Research

Mike O’Brien
BSA | The Software Alliance

Ali O’Donnell
BNY

Mary O’Reilly
Public Affairs Support Services

Scott Orr
Fidelity Investments

Nicole Paquette
Humane Society of the United States

Mike Parrish
Bayer Corp.

Charley Poe
Eastman

Chris Porter
Travere Therapeutics

Natosha Prolago
Nationwide

Joe Quinn
The SAFE Foundation

Steve Radke
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance

Isaac Reyes
Target Corp.

Eduardo Ricardo
PATRI Public Policy & Public Affairs Inc.

Charlie Ricciardelli
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Misti Rice
Magna

Angela Riemer
Pfizer Inc.

Will Rijksen
Zoetis

Rusty Ring
Roche Diagnostics Corp.

Darlene Rosenkoetter
S&P Global Inc.

Jon Samford
Global Business Alliance

MaryAnne Sapio
American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Pippa Scarlett
RELX Inc.

Clint Schelbitzki
Union Pacific Railroad

Mark Schoeberl
American Heart Association

Melissa Schulman
CVS Health

Pete Selfridge
SAP America Inc.

Paul Seltman
Smith & Nephew

Ellie Shaw
American Express Co.

Gregg Sheiowitz
Zurich North America

Anthony Shop
Social Driver

Dontai Smalls
United Parcel Service

David Smith
Princeton Public Affairs Group

Chris Spence
TIAA

Char Stanberry
National Association of Broadcasters

Nick Stowell
Chime

Erin Streeter
National Association of Manufacturers

Claudia Stuckmann-Invernizzi
Neste

Suzanne Swink
KORE POWER

Sam Tatevosyan
McDonald’s Corp.

Margaret Taylor
Salesforce.com

Kandi Terry
NRG Energy Inc.

Noah Theran
MFA

Bobby Thomson
Visa Inc.

Doug Troutman
American Cleaning Institute

Cody Tubbs
Edison International

Danielle Turnipseed
Association of American Medical Colleges

Chris Vaughan
Humana Inc.

Fleming Voetmann
VELUX A/S

Natalie Volin Lehr
Carlson Companies

Jamie Wall
Exxon Mobil Corp.

Leigh Walton
Pitney Bowes Inc.

Kevin Washington
Koppers Inc.

Ann Weeks
UL Solutions

Emily Weems
Capital One Financial Corp.

Alison Weiss
MassMutual

Roy Wells
Triad Strategies LLC

Hannah Wesolowski
National Alliance on Mental Illness

Trish Wexler
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Lauren Wilk
Arconic Corp.

Anne Wilson
Viatris

Debbie Wing
Farm Credit Council

Alex Wirth
Quorum

Jeanne Wolak
Southern Co.

Brian Wolff
The Bolinas Group

Candi Wolff
Citigroup Inc.

Elizabeth Woody
BD

Teross Young
Ahold Delhaize USA

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee provides day-to-day governance and is comprised of 16 executives who also occupy seats on the board.

Meet the Executive Committee

Chair
Courtney Geduldig
National Grid USA Inc.

Chair-Elect
Scott Orr
Fidelity Investments

Past Chair
Roi Ewell
Ewell & Associates LLC

Treasurer
Cody Tubbs
Edison International

First Vice Chair
Ellie Shaw
American Express Co.

President
Douglas Pinkham
Public Affairs Council

Vice Chair
Greg Crist
Advanced Medical Technology Association

Vice Chair
Makini Nyanteh
American Institutes for Research

Vice Chair
Isaac Reyes
Target Corp.

At-Large Member
Lee Anderson
General Mills Inc.

At-Large Member
Genna Gent
Consumer Brands Association

At-Large Member
Pierce Haley
Serlin Haley LLP

At-Large Member
Maureen Kline
Pirelli Tire North America

At-Large Member
Jill Kozeny
American Council of Life Insurers

At-Large Member
Darlene Rosenkoetter
S&P Global Inc.

At-Large Member
Alison Weiss
MassMutual

Board Committees

Volunteer board members provide oversight for specific areas of focus for the Council. The committees are:

Finance and Audit Committee

Current Chair: Scott Orr, Fidelity Investments

Charter: The Committee, working with the Executive Committee, will provide oversight of the Council’s financial affairs. Committee members will review the budget; provide feedback on the management of revenue, expenses and reserves; and review and approve the Council’s annual audit.

Membership Committee

Current Chair: Greg Crist, Advanced Medical Technology Association

Charter: The Committee will take a leadership role in helping the Council grow its membership through both development and retention activities. Committee members will work with staff to prioritize membership strategies, identify prospects, make introductions, engage prospective and new members in the Council, and strive to exceed the association’s annual membership goals. As appropriate, they may be asked to follow up with prospects, inactive members and other member organizations.

Lee Anderson
General Mills

Elizabeth Bartz
State and Federal Communications Inc.

Michael Behm
Stateside Associates

John Calvelli
Wildlife Conservation Society

Rob Clark
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Anne Crews
Mary Kay Inc.

Shari Dexter
American Hospital Association

Julian Ha
Heidrick and Struggles International Inc.

Jessica Hanson Hanna
American Property Casualty Insurance Association

Rico Izaguirre
Affirm Inc.

Jill Kozeny
American Council of Life Insurers

Mike Lord
The Washington Campus

Mark Schoeberl
American Heart Association

Pete Selfridge
SAP America Inc.

Alison Weiss
MassMutual

Sherry Whitworth
FiscalNote

Alex Wirth
Quorum

Programs Committee

Current Chair: Ellie Shaw, American Express

Charter: The Committee will provide strategic input to Council leadership and staff on the major programs and services offered to member organizations. It will serve as an advisory body for executive education and training, information services, research and opinion polling, publishing, and member communications. Topics to be addressed include:

Emerging issues, trends and innovative management strategies to be covered in education, training and communications programs
Areas of staff expertise to be developed
Key topics for member surveys and public polling
Research topics for Foundation for Public Affairs reports

Amie Adams
Dunn Associates

Lee Anderson
General Mills

Peter Carson
Weber Shandwick

Renee Eastman
Salt River Project

Meghan Everngam
National Association of Home Builders

Madeline Ferraro
Atlantic Health System

Travis Gianchetta
Beekeeper Group

Kevin Goodno
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

Erik Hower
AT&T

Jill Ingrassia
AAA National

Alethia Jackson
Walgreens Boots Alliance

Russ Knocke
Republic Services, Inc.

Tony Lakavage
U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention

Justin Maierhofer
Tennessee Valley Authority

Sharon McBride
DoorDash

Katherine McGuire
American Psychological Association

Chris Morton
ALTA

Scott Orr
Fidelity

MaryAnne Sapio
American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Paul Seltman
Smith & Nephew

Charlyn Stanberry
National Association of Broadcasters

Misti Rice
Magna

Leigh Walton
Pitney Bowes

Kim Windon
LyondellBasell

Debbie Wing
Farm Credit Council

Brian Wolff
EEI

Teross Young
AholdDelhaize USA

Senior Management Team

Our Senior Management Team is responsible for meeting Council objectives and overseeing all programs and services.

Meet the Senior Management Team

Doug Pinkham
President
202.787.5964 | [email protected]

Reggie Nance
Vice President of Finance and Administration
202.787.5959 | [email protected]

Caryn Seligman
Senior Director
202.787.5966 | [email protected]

Laura Horsley
Senior Director of Marketing and Communications
202.787.5963 | [email protected]

Kristin Brackemyre
Senior Director, Public Affairs Practice
202-787-5969 | [email protected]

João Sousa
Managing Director, European Office
(+32) 476 63 95 03 | [email protected]

Questions

Brenda Plantikow
Senior Manager, Board Relations
202.787.5965 | [email protected]

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