WASHINGTON----Parven Pomper Strategies Inc. is pleased to announce two exciting additions to the firm---Vanda McMurtry as Senior Vice President and Alixandria Lapp as Vice President.

McMurtry has had a long and distinguished career inside and outside of Washington . His career has included serving as Staff Director and Chief Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance under Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas), Senior Vice President for federal government relations at health care giant Aetna Inc and Vice President for Government and Community Affairs at Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania . Van’s background and expertise on health care, tax, energy, trade and financial services is unparalleled and will be a tremendous asset to the firm and clients.

Lapp was at the epicenter of the Democratic takeover of the House in 2006 and has been a leading strategist for the Democratic Party on message and policy. She has spent the past year as Executive Director of the New Democrat Network, one of the most influential thought-leaders in Democratic politics. Previously she served as the DCCC Campaign Director under Cong. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) and Deputy Director of the Committee’s Independent Expenditure operation, which spent over $65 million in over 50 congressional races to help the Democrats win back control of the House of Representatives. She has also been Chief of Staff to Cong. Adam Smith (D-WA), current co-chair and PAC chair of the New Democrat Coalition.

Both additions will provide strategic and policy advice to our entire client base, specifically in the areas of tax, health care, energy, financial services, intellectual property and international trade.