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BIO snags Senate health as gov't affairs director

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 14, 2017

Biotechnology Innovation Organization, the world's largest biotechnology trade firm, picked up Sen. Johnny Isakson's (R-Ga.) health policy aide this month.

Jordan Bartolomeo joins BIO as director of government affairs. She came to Isakson's office in 2015 after working for Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.) and former Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.). She previously worked in government affairs for lobbying firm BGR Group and Altria Client Services, a part of the Altria Group tobacco company, though she has never registered as a federal lobbyist.

BIO spent more than $11.4 million on lobbying in 2016 and has registered to lobby through at least five additional firms this year, including Squire Patton Boggs and Farragut Partners.