Lobbying world

The Chamber of Digital Commerce, a blockchain trade association, announced the addition of Paul Atkins, CEO of Patomak Global Partners and former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Colleen Sullivan, partner and CEO of CMT Digital, to its board of advisers. 

Marie Knowles, former director of marketing and programming at the Chamber of Digital Commerce, announced she is leaving her position to start her own marketing and communications consulting firm.

Dominique McKay, former deputy communicator in the Senate Republican whip office, is joining Narrative Strategies later this month. She previously worked on the House Education and the Workforce Committee and before that worked for Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.).  

Alexandra Veitch, former senior director at Tesla, is now the lead of public policy in American and emerging markets for YouTube. She was a senior adviser and director of speechwriting to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for more than seven years before leaving in 2012 to be chief of staff in the Office of Legislative Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). She was later DHS deputy assistant secretary of legislative affairs for more than two years and special assistant to the president for more than a year.

Lawrence Silverman, former U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, will join global business strategy firm Albright Stonebridge Group as a senior adviser. He stepped down from his ambassador role after three years in September.