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Natural gas group turns up lobby heat by hiring Durbin

ANGA increases advocacy clout, Capitol Hill connections with hire of API executive vice president as its next chief executive Durbin The $91 million-revenue America's Natural Gas Alliance substantially boosted its lobbying clout and outreach to Capitol Hill when it tapped Marty Durbin as its CEO, effective May 1. He replaces Regina Hopper, who resigned in February. "They've obviously decided that government relations is a higher priority than it has been in the past by hiring him," said Ivan Adler, a principal in The McCormick Group in Washington, D.C., and a GR recruiting specialist. Durbin was chief lobbyist and number two behind CEO Jack Gerard at the $216… Read More