Congratulations to Jon Simons, who is leaving his post as vice president of political advocacy at the National Restaurant Association to join NCTA – The Internet & Television Association as associate vice president of digital advocacy; Politico’s Kevin Robillard is making moves to HuffPost as a senior political reporter covering the midterms and 2020; HuffPost is also adding Molly Redden to cover politics as a workplace; Yvette Cabrera as an environmental justice reporter; Michael Hobbes as an economic trends reporter; Priya Arora as front page editor; and Mike Barry as head of audience; The Washington Post has named Tim Meko as senior graphics editor and Reuben Fischer-Baum as Graphics team assignment editor; Also at the Post, long-time employee Carla Broyleshas a new role as senior editor for recruiting and training; Olivia Oran is making moves from Reuters to Business Insider as a senior editor focused on the financial services industry; Joining CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper team is former booking producer for MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Cassie McNamara; CNN’s Ravi Agrawal has a new role as managing editor of Foreign Policy; Long-time Army Times reporter Sean Naylor is leaving to join Yahoo News as a national security correspondent; ABC News adds CNN and HLN alum Kyra Phillips as a DC-based correspondent; At the Associated Press, veteran reporter Colleen Long is shifting beats and moving to D.C. to cover the Department of Homeland Security; From The Ringer, Hannah Giorgis is joining The Atlantic as a staff writer on the culture team; Futurism Media has a new content director: former Mashable managing editor, Foster Kamer; At the White House, Eleni Roumel is joining Vice President Mike Pence’s office as deputy counsel; Joining the communications team for Speaker Paul Ryan is Maya Arrieta-Walden, who most recently was a senior associate at Hamilton Place Strategies; The Glover Park Group adds Gina Foote, most recently chief of staff to Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), as a vice president; From the office of Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), Taleen Mekhdjavakian is making moves to Fresenius Medical Care as director of government affairs; Former press secretary for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) Christina Mandreucci has left her most recent role as a special assistant at NASA to become press secretary for Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) focusing on the Senate HELP committee; Meguire Whitney adds Trevor Pearson, former legislative director for Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), as a principal; Nathan Smith, former director of public policy for GLSEN, is joining Civitas Public Affairs Group as a senior associate; Former managing director of The Israel Project, Omri Ceren, has a new role as national security adviser to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX); A few promotions at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Chuck Chaitovitz is now vice president for environmental affairs and sustainability; Ed Mortimer is now vice president for transportation and infrastructure; and Caroline Harris is now vice president for tax policy and economic development; Rational 360 has promoted Brian Bartlett from senior vice president to partner; From Dickinson Wright, Patrick Anderson has joined Federal Advocates as senior director; Ryan Bernstein, current chief of staff to Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) is making moves to McGuireWoods Consulting as a senior vice president, focused on energy and agriculture issues. Replacing Bernstein as chief of staff is Cassie Bladow, current vice president at the U.S. Beet Sugar Association; Caroline Tucker, previously with the McManus Group, is making moves to Jeffrey J. Kimbell & Associates as manager of health policy and reimbursement strategy; Peter Roberson,former lobbyist for the Intercontinental Exchange, has a new role as vice president of legislative and regulatory affairs for Charles Schwab; And finally, a big congrats to Olivier Knox, who has been named President of the White House Correspondents’ Association, beginning in July. Knox is also joining SiriusXM as its new chief Washington correspondent. #DoBigThings