... Cory Alexander, UnitedHealth Group. Thanks to experience as Rep. Steny Hoyer’s (D-Md.) chief of staff, Alexander has the connections to centrist Democrats that United will need as the insurance industry targets pieces of the healthcare law. Bryan Anderson, Southern Co. Anderson, a former VP of government affairs for Coca-Cola Co., leads a stellar lobbying outfit at the power-industry giant. Sid Ashworth, Northrop Grumman. Ashworth’s team at Northrop Grumman convinced Congress to save one of the company’s Global Hawk drone variants after the Pentagon threatened to kill it. Meredith Baker and Melissa Maxfield, Comcast/NBCUniversal. As a former GOP commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission, Baker’s telecom knowledge runs deep; Maxfield has Comcast’s successful mega-merger with NBCUniversal under her belt. Bill Barloon, Sprint. The third-largest mobile carrier has struggled to take on Verizon and AT&T, but could get a fresh start if the acquisition by Japan’s SoftBank comes through. Wayne Berman, Blackstone Group. Berman, a prominent GOP lobbyist involved with Mitt Romney’s campaign, has gone in-house for the private-equity firm. Abigail Blunt, Kraft Foods. Blunt’s reputation as a whip-smart lobbyist was bolstered this year when she was named head of U.S. government affairs for the new Kraft Foods Group. Stephen Brown, Tesoro. A former adviser to then-House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.), Brown draws on deep policy knowledge as leader of the fuel refiner’s lobbying arm. Pablo Chavez and Susan Molinari, Google. Molinari, a former GOP congresswoman, was entrusted with the search company’s D.C. office this year; she’ll work with veteran Googler and former counsel to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Chavez as the search giant deals with the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust investigation. Jim Cicconi, Peter Jacoby and Tim McKone, AT&T Corp. The telecom giant’s aggressive bid to buy T-Mobile fell short, but it is still a lobbying juggernaut in Washington. Maria Cino, HP. A former deputy Transportation secretary and president and CEO of the 2008 Republican National Convention, Cino brought her talents to the tech company this August. Peter Cleveland, Intel. Cleveland, formerly chief of staff to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), will be a voice of authority for Intel as the tech giant continues to lobby Congress for high-skilled-immigration reform. Learn more: thehill/business-a-lobbying/264987-2012-top-lobbyists#ixzz2Vl3Xa2tx Follow us: @thehill on Twitter | TheHill on Facebook
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