Lobbyist Scott Talbott out at
Roundtable
By Megan R. Wilson - 11/07/13
11:40 AM EST
Scott Talbott, the chief lobbyist
of the Financial Services Roundtable (FSR), has left the influential
group after nearly two decades representing Wall Street, The Hill has learned.
Talbott joined the Roundtable in
1994, and helped steer the nation’s largest financial corporations through the
financial crisis while serving as a public spokesman and defender of the
industry.
The Hill obtained an email from
the group’s president, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, that informed the
group’s members of the personnel change.
“Government affairs is a core
aspect of FSR’s organization, so the departure of FSR’s long-time head of
government affairs, Scott Talbott, is news we wanted to share with you,”
Pawlenty wrote Thursday morning. “We are moving immediately into the market to
recruit senior talent to join FSR, both to replace Scott and to strengthen
FSR’s government affairs operation overall.”
Alison Hawkins, the group’s
director of communications, confirmed the move.
“Scott Talbott, FSR’s head of
government affairs, has left the organization after many years of service to
FSR. We wish him all the best,” she wrote in an email.
Talbott has been an envoy not only
to the government, but to the public as well.
He was featured prominently in
“Inside Job,” a documentary about the financial crisis in which he mounted a
vigorous defense of the financial industry.
But before, and after, the 2008
crisis FSR’s policy portfolio has incluced expansive mix of mortgage and
housing issues, cyber security, student loans, federal budget initiatives and
complex financial products.
Last week, Talbott said he was on
Capitol Hill making the case for tax reform legislation.
Talbott will be replaced by
Anthony Cimino, who will serve as the interim head of government affairs while
FSR searches for a replacement, Hawkins said.
Cimino has been the group’s vice
president of vice president of insurance and trade since February, and previously
served on the House Financial Services Committee.
Incoming FSR Executive Director
Eric Hoplin will be leading the search for Talbott’s replacement, according to
Pawlenty’s e-mail, which encourages "resumes and suggestions."
The change marks the second
shakeup in the organization since last year, after former chief executive
ex-Rep. Steve Bartlett
(R-Texas) stepped down.
Financial
Services Roundtable
Ellen
Alemany is the treasurer for the Financial Services Roundtable, and
a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
Note: Edward B.
Rust Jr. is a director at the Financial Services Roundtable, and a
trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
James E. Rohr
was the chairman for the Financial Services Roundtable, and is a trustee
at the Committee for Economic Development.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic
Development, the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Brookings Institution
(think tank).
George Soros
is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Donna S.
Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and
the EVP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group
Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov
web site.
Obamacare
is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.
Barbara
G. Fast was a VP for the CGI Group Inc., and a VP for the Boeing
Company.
W.
James McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing
Company, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory
Please note: This link for the
members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
Ellen M.
Costello is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a
director at the Financial Services Roundtable.
Frederick
H. Waddell is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a
director at the Financial Services Roundtable.
Laurence
D. Fink is a director at the Financial Services Roundtable, a
director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and Rahm I. Emanuel is his
informal adviser.
Rahm I.
Emanuel is Laurence D. Fink’s informal adviser, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor, was the White House chief
of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
R. Eden Martin
is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama
was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N.
Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Valerie
B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior
adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan
Jr.
Vernon
E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s
great uncle, a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld,
LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a
director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg
conference participant (think tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Boeing
Company.
Kenneth
M. Duberstein is a director at the Boeing Company, a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and was the VP for the Committee for Economic
Development.
Cyrus
F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William M.
Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was the chief
of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and a director at the Boeing
Company.
W.
James McNerney Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company.
Barbara
G. Fast was a VP for the Boeing Company, and a VP for the CGI
Group Inc.
CGI Group
Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov
web site.
Obamacare
is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.
Donna S.
Morea was the EVP for the CGI Group Inc, and a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and the Committee for Economic Development.
George Soros
is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
James E. Rohr
is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and was the
chairman for the Financial Services Roundtable.
Ellen
Alemany is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and
the treasurer for the Financial Services Roundtable.
Edward B.
Rust Jr. is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and
a director at the Financial Services Roundtable.
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