The Hill’s 25 Women to Watch

Kirsten Chadwick didn’t think she was going to have a career in politics. “I actually wanted to be an architect,” she said. “Then I got a D in physics, so I thought, ‘The building is going to fall down — time for a new major.’ ” Chadwick, 43, is a partner at Fierce, Isakowitz &…

This Year’s Top Lobbyists

Breaux and Gephardt. Gerard and Maloney. Berman and Podesta. According to First Street, these were among the most powerful lobbyists in Washington this year. Using the amount their firms were paid, the number and diversity of clients and the number of Fortune 100 clients they represented, First Street compiled lists of the top lobbyists in…

Danielle Maurer: 40 Under 40

Maurer left Capitol Hill only in March, but she’s already earning a reputation as one of the best-connected young lobbyists. While her peers scramble to build relationships within the big freshman class in the House of Representatives, Maurer is way ahead of them. Her previous role as director of member services for speaker of the…

The Power Brokers

(Bloomberg) — You won’t find her name on a plaque at the entrance of the D.C. lobbying shop. She’s not on the firm’s letterhead. What Kirsten Chadwick may soon have to show for her skills of persuasion is a U.S.-South Korea free-trade agreement. Chadwick, a lobbyist at the boutique Republican firm Fierce, Isakowitz & Blalock,…