Business & Lobbying

• Michael W. Johnson will become the president and chief executive of the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association on Aug. 1.

Fundraising guru Jeff Walter said he “jumped at the chance” to work at one of Washington’s top lobby firms.

The top lobbyist for the Internet industry says it’s his job to prevent a repeat of the 2012 Internet blackout protest over anti-piracy legislation.

K Street has gone coalition crazy.

• ENERGY. The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas will be getting help from Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti in the push for increased exports.

Jim Mulhern will become chief executive and president of the National Milk Producers Federation on Jan. 1.

Two former members of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are playing a major role in the battle over gun control.

A for-profit wildlife organization in Miami has hired a K Street firm to lobby against legislation aimed at protecting big cats.

At least nine senior officials at the CFPB have left to join the private sector this year.

Several House freshmen on Capitol Hill have a common problem: student loans.