Former congressional staffer Louis Finkel to lead Grocery Manufacturers Association's government advocacy efforts Finkel Former ExxonMobil lobbyist and congressional staffer Louis Finkel has been hired to run the Grocery Manufacturers Association’s government affairs program, where he will oversee the $34 million-revenue organization’s local, state and federal advocacy efforts. Finkel, who has been named to the new position of executive vice president of government affairs, begins at GMA April 9. Among his former roles was chief of staff to the House Committee on Science and Technology, a job he took because one of his first bosses—former Rep. Bart Gordon… Read More