{"id":9006,"date":"2024-02-15T15:37:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=9006"},"modified":"2024-02-15T16:57:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:57:36","slug":"wmcs-rachel-ver-velde-promoted-to-associate-vice-president-senior-political-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=9006","title":{"rendered":"WMC\u2019s Rachel Ver Velde Promoted to Associate Vice President &amp; Senior Political Advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/wmc-news\/wmcs-rachel-ver-velde-promoted-to-associate-vice-president-senior-political-advisor\/\">https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/wmc-news\/wmcs-rachel-ver-velde-promoted-to-associate-vice-president-senior-political-advisor\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"72923\" class=\"elementor elementor-72923\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c213dca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c213dca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13a0a5c5\" data-id=\"13a0a5c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26df41f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26df41f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>MADISON<\/strong> \u2013 Wisconsin Manufacturers &amp; Commerce (WMC) \u2013 the combined state chamber and manufacturers\u2019 association \u2013 announced on Thursday that Rachel Ver Velde was promoted to Associate Vice President of Government Relations. She will also take on additional duties as a senior political advisor for the organization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cRachel has proven time and again that her experience and expertise are invaluable to our members,\u201d said WMC Executive Vice President of Government Relations Scott Manley. \u201cWe are excited to see Rachel take an even bigger role in shaping both the political and public policy landscape in Wisconsin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Prior to joining WMC in 2021, Ver Velde spent years working in the State Legislature and Congress. She served as Chief of Staff for Congressman Glenn Grothman, managing both his official office and political operations in both Washington, D.C. and Wisconsin. She previously served as Chief of Staff in Grothman\u2019s Wisconsin State Senate office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cIt has been an incredible privilege to serve the business community for the past three years, but there is more to do,\u201d added Ver Velde. \u201cWe have a critical election coming up this fall and there are a number a key reforms we need to get across the finish line in Madison. I am thrilled to keep pushing these efforts forward along with the talented team here at WMC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Ver Velde graduated with Honors from the University of Wisconsin \u2013 Whitewater with a B.A. in Political Science and Economics. She currently resides in Sun Prairie with her husband and two children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/wmc-news\/wmcs-rachel-ver-velde-promoted-to-associate-vice-president-senior-political-advisor\/\">WMC\u2019s Rachel Ver Velde Promoted to Associate Vice President &amp; Senior Political Advisor<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\">WMC Wisconsin&#8217;s Chamber <\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/wmc-news\/wmcs-rachel-ver-velde-promoted-to-associate-vice-president-senior-political-advisor\/ MADISON \u2013 Wisconsin Manufacturers &amp; Commerce (WMC) \u2013 the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9007,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9006\/revisions\/9007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}