Lobbying world

April Kapu was named president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Kapu was previously associate chief nursing officer for advanced practice nursing at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Omid Ghaffari-Tabrizi joined Monument Advocacy as a principal. Ghaffari-Tabrizi was most recently director of cloud policy at the Internet Association.

Matt Keelen joined The Vogel Group as a principal. Keelen was founder and president of The Keelen Group.

Krister Holladay will lead legislative affairs for American President Lines. Holladay most recently served as chief of staff to Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas).

The Public Affairs Council promoted Alaina Monismith to senior manager of communications and media relations. Monismith joined the group in 2018 as manager of communications and marketing.