Rising Stars: Elizabeth Wilkins, Jessica Monahan, Ryan McDermott and Vincent Barnes Join Leading Industry and Government Organizations

Elizabeth Wilkins has been named a senior fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project. She joins the organization from the Federal Trade Commission, where she served as chief of staff to the chair and director of the Office of Policy Planning. Wilkins also has experience as a senior adviser to the chief of staff in the Biden White House.

Jessica Monahan has taken on the role of senior principal at Cozen O’Connor. She previously worked at Arnold & Porter and has experience at McGuireWoods Consulting, the National Association of Counties, and Squire Patton Boggs.

Ryan McDermott has been appointed vice president of national security policy at the Aerospace Industries Association. He joins the organization from the Air Force’s cost and economics office.

Vincent Barnes is now the senior vice president of government affairs at the AnnDyl Policy Group. He previously held the position of senior vice president of policy and research at