Karen Alvarado is the new vice president for compliance and regulatory affairs for the government affairs team of the $5M-revenue Insured Retirement Institute. Prior to joining IRI, Alvarado worked for Transamerica Capital Management, part of Aegon Group, as vice president and chief compliance officer. She also held leadership roles with Pacific Life and Delta Life & Annuity Company (now American Investors Life Insurance Company). __The nearly $17M-revenue American Academy of Physician Assistants has hired James Potter as its new senior vice president for advocacy and government affairs. Formerly director of government relations and public policy at the… Read More