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Nonprofits & Associations

Former Government Employee Joins Rockefeller Foundation and Other Nonprofit News

Foundations At the Rockefeller Foundation, Matthew Herrick was named Managing Director, Communications. Herrick most recently…

Leadership ConnectJanuary 5, 2018

Business

Rent-A-Center Names New CEO and More Business News

CEO changes Rent-A-Center, Inc. named board member Mitchell E. Fadel as its new Chief Executive…

Leadership ConnectJanuary 5, 2018

News Media

New Hires at NPR and More Media News

Networks Tim Mak joined NPR as a political reporter, covering movement conservatism and the Midterm…

Leadership ConnectJanuary 5, 2018

Law & Lobbying

Oregon Court of Appeals Announces Next Chief Judge

This week, the Oregon Court of Appeals announced James C. Egan as its next Chief…

Leadership ConnectDecember 28, 2017

State & Local Government

CEO of DC Water Announces Resignation and Other State/Municipal News

State George S. Hawkins, Chief Executive Officer of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer…

Leadership ConnectDecember 28, 2017

Federal Government

U.S. Senate Confirmed Multiple Trump Nominees

Multiple Trump nominees were confirmed by the U.S. Senate over the past week. Among them…

Leadership ConnectDecember 28, 2017

Congress

Congress Passes Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown

Congress passed a stopgap measure Thursday to avoid a government shutdown, which would have taken…

Leadership ConnectDecember 28, 2017

Business

Kindred Healthcare Agreed to be Acquired by a Consortium of Three Companies and Other Business News

Merger/restructuring news Kindred Healthcare announced on December 19, 2017, that it had entered into a…

Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017

Law & Lobbying

President Trump Nominates a Circuit Judge and Nine District Judges

This week, President Trump nominated Joel M. Carson to be Circuit Judge on the United…

Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017

State & Local Government

Several Departure Announcements and Other State/Municipal News

State A day after the police chief of Charlottesville, Virginia announced his retirement, Virginia State…

Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017

Federal Government

President Trump Nominated an Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and More News

On December 19, President Trump nominated Susan Thornton to be assistant secretary for East Asian…

Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017

Congress

House and Senate Passed Republican’s Tax Plan and Other Congressional News

The House and Senate passed Republicans’ tax plan on Wednesday after finalizing the tax bill…

Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017

Nonprofits & Associations

New Dean of the Stern School of Business at NYU

Rangarajan “Raghu” Sundaram has been announced as the next Dean of the Stern School of…

Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017

News Media

Several New Hires and Promotions at Time and Other Media News

Periodicals Time announced several new hires and promotions this week: Katherine Pomerantz was named director…

Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017

Nonprofits & Associations

Former Senior Advisor to President Trump Named President of The Heritage Foundation and More Nonprofit News

Think Tanks and Research Institutes Kay Coles James, who previously worked as a senior advisor to…

Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017

Law & Lobbying

U.S. Senate Confirms Two More Circuit Judges

This week, the United States Senate confirmed Don Willett in a 50-47 vote to be…

Leadership ConnectDecember 14, 2017

State & Local Government

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s Chief of Staff has Resigned and More State/Municipal News

State Adding to the recent wave of high state-level departures in Colorado, Governor John Hickenlooper’s…

Leadership ConnectDecember 14, 2017

Federal Government

Dina Powell is Leaving the Trump Administration in Early 2018 and Other News

The White House announced on Friday, December 8, that Dina Powell will be leaving the…

Leadership ConnectDecember 14, 2017

Congress

Doug Jones (D-AL) won Attorney General Jeff Session’s Senate Seat and More Congressional News

Doug Jones (D-AL) won Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s Senate seat on Tuesday, defeating Roy Moore…

Leadership ConnectDecember 14, 2017

Business

Walt Disney Company to Acquire Most of 21st Century Fox and More Business News

Merger/restructuring news The Walt Disney Company reached an agreement this week to acquire Twenty-First Century…

Leadership ConnectDecember 14, 2017

Leadership Connect

Former Government Employee Joins Rockefeller Foundation and Other Nonprofit News

Rent-A-Center Names New CEO and More Business News

New Hires at NPR and More Media News

Oregon Court of Appeals Announces Next Chief Judge

CEO of DC Water Announces Resignation and Other State/Municipal News

U.S. Senate Confirmed Multiple Trump Nominees

Congress Passes Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown

Kindred Healthcare Agreed to be Acquired by a Consortium of Three Companies and Other Business News

President Trump Nominates a Circuit Judge and Nine District Judges

Several Departure Announcements and Other State/Municipal News

President Trump Nominated an Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and More News

House and Senate Passed Republican’s Tax Plan and Other Congressional News

New Dean of the Stern School of Business at NYU

Several New Hires and Promotions at Time and Other Media News

Former Senior Advisor to President Trump Named President of The Heritage Foundation and More Nonprofit News

U.S. Senate Confirms Two More Circuit Judges

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s Chief of Staff has Resigned and More State/Municipal News

Dina Powell is Leaving the Trump Administration in Early 2018 and Other News

Doug Jones (D-AL) won Attorney General Jeff Session’s Senate Seat and More Congressional News

Walt Disney Company to Acquire Most of 21st Century Fox and More Business News

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