- Vicki Iseman
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name = Vicki L. Iseman
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birth_date = 1967
birth_place = Homer City,Pennsylvania
education =Bachelor's degree inElementary education (IUP)
occupation =Lobbyist (Alcalde & Fay)
residence =Washington, D.C.
children =
parents = |Vicki L. Iseman (born 1967) is a
Washington, D.C. -based lobbyist working for the firm Alcalde & Fay.cite news
url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08053/859579-176.stm
title=Indiana County shows pride in Iseman
publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
author=Cindi Lash ,Dan Majors
date=Friday,February 22 ,2008
accessdate=2008-02-25
quote=] She gained national media attention in February, 2008, due to her involvement in theJohn McCain lobbyist controversy .cite news | author=Jim Rutenberg, Marilyn W. Thompson, David D. Kirkpatrick, Stephen Labaton | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21mccain.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1203656400&en=d0734db651c10475&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin | title=For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk | publisher="The New York Times " | date=February 21 ,2008 ]Personal
A native of Indiana,
Pennsylvania , Vicki Iseman graduated in 1985 from the Homer-Center High School, [cite news | author=Jeff Himler | url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/blairsvilledispatch/s_386231.html | title=Board expedites support for baseball field | publisher="The Dispatch" | date=October 21, 2005] where she was a cheerleader and a member of the student council.cite news | url=http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/15368908/detail.html?subid=10101261 | title=Lobbyist Linked To John McCain In Paper Is From Western Pa. | publisher=WTAE-TV | date=February 21, 2008] She went on to attend theIndiana University of Pennsylvania , graduating with a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education in 1990.cite news | author=Bruce Dries | url=http://old.www.iup.edu/publications/iupmag/backissues/Fall02/iseman.shtm | title=A View from the Top | publisher="IUP Magazine" | date=Fall 2002] In 2006, she delivered the commencement address at her old high school, and would lobby for both that school and her alma mater during her career.cite news | author=Cindi Lash, Dan Majors | url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08053/859579-176.stm | title=Indiana County shows pride in Iseman | publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date=February 22, 2008] Her family still lives in Indiana County, where Ms. Iseman is recalled as a "hometown girl who made good".Career
Within months of graduation, Iseman joined a friend in Washington, D.C. and initially got a job as a
receptionist at Alcalde & Fay. After a few months, she approached the president of Alcalde & Fay and said "I’m a college graduate and I’d like you to consider me for a secretarial or an administrative position." The president agreed to a three-month trial and within a year she became his special assistant.From this position, Iseman learned about lobbying from the firm's president, and soon became a lobbyist in her own right. Eight years later, she became the youngest
partner in the history of Alcalde & Fay.Clients
Her clients have most notably been broadcasters who were interested in the regulation of
cable television . Her most prominent broadcast clients from 1998 through 2006 have includedPAX Network (and its corporate parent, Paxson Communications),CanWest Global Communications , Religious Voices in Broadcasting,ION Media Networks ,Click Radio , i2 Telecom International,Sinclair Broadcast Group ,Total Living Network , Jovan Broadcasting,Saga Communications , Capstar Broadcasting Partners,Telemundo , and the Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation (purchased in 2003 byUnivision Communications, Inc. and renamedUnivision Radio ).cite web
url = http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/lobbyist.asp?txtname=Iseman%2C+Vicki&year=a&txttype=l|title= Career Client List, 1998 - 2006|publisher= Open Secrets|accessdate=2008-02-23] She is also known for her work for the telecommunications industry, including her lobbying forBearingPoint and theComputer Sciences Corporation .Some of her other prominent clients have been
PricewaterhouseCoopers ,Carnival Cruise Lines (and the family trust of ownerMicky Arison ),AstraZeneca ,CACI , FCCLA, American Medical Facilities Management, Marin County and Tulare County,California , Hillsborough County,Florida , and the cities of Miami,Florida , and Palm Springs,California . She also lobbied for some charitable personal causes, including her aforementioned efforts for her former high school and university.Lobbying activities
On behalf of these clients, she lobbied both the House Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee.cite web
url = http://www.alcalde-fay.com/meet_the_firm/BiosDetail.cfm?id=44
archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20060628020600/http://www.alcalde-fay.com/meet_the_firm/BiosDetail.cfm?id=44
archivedate =2008-02-21
title= Vicki Iseman
publisher= Alcalde & Fay
accessdate=2008-02-21] In the course of hearings on communications bills in 1992 and 1996 which eventually led to theTelecommunications Act of 1996 , she argued that cable TV should have to carrybroadcast television . She also represented her clients' interests with respect to the upcoming conversion todigital television ; satellite reception; and telecommunications ownership provisions.Her other activities as a lobbyist included public organizing on behalf of clients interested in the allocation of
Federal Highway Administration trust fund s, assisting clients interested in securing government contracts and government appropriations, and participating in political fundraising. [http://web.archive.org/web/20060628020600/http://www.alcalde-fay.com/meet_the_firm/BiosDetail.cfm?id=44 Alcalde & Fay Government and Public Affairs Consultants - Meet the Firm ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/lobbyist.asp?txtname=Iseman%2C+Vicki&year=a&txttype=l List of clients for which Iseman has lobbied] , accessed from opensecrets.org
Persondata
NAME= Iseman, Vicki L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Iseman, Vicki
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Washington, D.C. lobbyist
DATE OF BIRTH= 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH=Homer City, Pennsylvania DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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