词条 | Colleen Kopp |
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|name =Colleen M. Kopp |image = |alt = |caption = |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |other_names = |education =Indiana University of Pennsylvania |known_for =Veon, Kopp & Associates |occupation =lobbyist |spouse = |home_town = |residence = |party = Democrat }}Colleen M. Kopp is a lobbyist with Wojdak Government Relations and a former legislative staffer in Pennsylvania. Prior to that she was an aide for House Minority Whip Mike Veon and for Governor Ed Rendell. She is a former Secretary of Legislative Affairs.[1] She earned a degree in public policy from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.[2] She first rose to prominence as executive director for House Minority Whip Representative Mike Veon.[3] In March 2003, she was hired by the newly elected Governor Ed Rendell to serve as his Deputy Secretary of Legislative Affairs.[3] The political website PoliticsPA called her "the Democrats version of the GOP's Mary Matalin.[3] She was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women," where her work for many Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections was noted.[4] She was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Rising Stars" in Pennsylvania.[5] In 2007, she partnered with Mike Veon, who had been defeated for re-election in 2006, to found the Veon, Kopp & Associates lobbying firm, with U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company as its first client.[6] The firm was dissolved in April 2008 and Kopp returned to lobbying under the name of Kopp & Associates LLC, where she represented Independence Blue Cross.[7] In March 2009, she returned to Governor Rendell's office, the third individual hired in spite of Rendell's self-imposed hiring freeze.[8] The Governor dismissed questions about the appropriateness of hiring Kopp, who was mentioned but not accused of wrongdoing in the criminal proceedings of her former boss and business partner Mike Veon.[8] References1. ^{{Cite web| title = Colleen Kopp - Secretary of Legislative Affairs| work = Governor's Cabinet Officials| publisher = Commonwealth of Pennsylvania| url = http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=2995&PageID=368319&mode=2&contentid=http://pubcontent.state.pa.us/publishedcontent/publish/cop_general_government_operations/governor_site/cabinet/officials/colleen_kopp.html| access-date = 2018-11-08| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120219230507/http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=2995&PageID=368319&mode=2&contentid=http%3A%2F%2Fpubcontent.state.pa.us%2Fpublishedcontent%2Fpublish%2Fcop_general_government_operations%2Fgovernor_site%2Fcabinet%2Fofficials%2Fcolleen_kopp.html#| archive-date = 2012-02-19| dead-url = yes| df = }} {{s-start}}{{s-gov}}{{s-bef | before=Steve Crawford}}{{s-ttl | title=Secretary of Legislative Affairs for The Governor of Pennsylvania2. ^{{Cite web| title = COLLEEN M. KOPP, Principal| work = www.vka.cc| publisher = Veon, Kopp & Associates| url = http://www.vka.cc/about/Kopp.htm| access-date = 2009-10-22| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706215942/http://www.vka.cc/about/Kopp.htm#| archive-date = 2011-07-06| dead-url = yes| df = }} 3. ^{{Cite news| last = Neri| first = Al| author2 = Albert J. Neri| title = Raiding the Cupboard| newspaper = The Insider| date = March 2003| url = http://www.insiderpa.com/archive/insider3-2003b.htm| access-date = 2009-10-22| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080529000303/http://www.insiderpa.com/archive/insider3-2003b.htm#| archive-date = 2008-05-29| dead-url = yes| df = }} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web| title = Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women| work = PoliticsPA| publisher = The Publius Group| year = 2001| url = http://www.politicspa.com/features/mostpoliticallypowerfulwomen.htm| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20040209095936/http://politicspa.com/features/mostpoliticallypowerfulwomen.htm| archivedate = 2004-02-09| deadurl = yes| df = }} 5. ^{{cite web| title =PoliticsPA Rising Stars| work = PoliticsPA| publisher =The Publius Group| url = http://www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/rising_stars.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021205042819/http://www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/rising_stars.htm|archivedate=2002-12-05}} 6. ^{{Cite news | last = Barnes| first = Tom| authorlink= Tom Barnes (American journalist) | title = Veon spins election's short straw into lobbying gold | newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| date = September 17, 2007| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07260/818265-85.stm}} 7. ^{{Cite news| last = Erdley| first = Debra| title = Former state Rep. Mike Veon's lobby firm closes| newspaper = Pittsburgh Tribune-Review| date = April 17, 2008| url = http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_562794.html| access-date = 2009-10-22| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080506065057/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_562794.html#| archive-date = 2008-05-06| dead-url = yes| df = }} 8. ^1 {{Cite news| last = Bumsted| first = Brad| authorlink = Brad Bumsted| author2 = Debra Erdley| title = Rendell's latest hire worked for Veon| newspaper = Pittsburgh Tribune-Review| date = March 28, 2009| url = http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/state/s_618212.html| access-date = 2009-10-22| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090402071642/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/state/s_618212.html#| archive-date = 2009-04-02| dead-url = yes| df = }} | years=2009–2011}}{{s-aft | after=Annmarie Kaiser}}{{s-end}}{{Rendell cabinet}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kopp, Colleen}} 7 : Living people|Pennsylvania Democrats|State cabinet secretaries of Pennsylvania|Employees of the Pennsylvania General Assembly|Pennsylvania lobbyists|Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumni|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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