Former Obama adviser joins board of lobby firm

The K Street firm Van Scoyoc Associates has hired Gen. James Jones to lead a new advisory board. 

Jones, a former Marine who served as national security adviser to President Obama, will not register to lobby for Van Scoyoc, the firm said. He will instead head up the advisory panel, which was established to assist and counsel Van Scoyoc Companies about “strategic planning,” business options and client-service enhancements, the firm said.

Van Scoyoc also named Arthur Culvahouse Jr. and Mary Howell to the board. Culvahouse is a former White House counsel to President Reagan and is chair of the international law firm O’Melveny & Myers. Howell is the former executive vice president of Textron Inc.

“We are so honored to have three such distinguished and accomplished people to work with us,” H. Stewart Van Scoyoc, the President and CEO of Van Scoyoc Companies, said in a statement. “Their broad experience, their unique viewpoints, and personal examples of success will inspire us to work in new and better ways to continue providing client service second to none.”

Jones left the White House in October 2010 after serving for nearly two years as national security adviser. He has his own consulting firm, Jones Group International, and is a fellow at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. 

Jones retired from the Marine Corps in 2007 after a distinguished 40-year career that included service as commander, United States European Command, and supreme allied commander Europe.

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