WASHINGTON DC — The American Bakers Political Action Committee (PAC), which provides ABA members with a forum to support electoral candidates that favor the commercial baking industry, appointed Keri Ann Hayes to lead efforts regarding growing the PAC’s impact, increasing donor support and involvement, and increasing engagement with elected officials.
“Keri Ann is a respected and accomplished political executive with proven success leading corporate and trade association PAC and political programs,” said Stephanie Tillman, American Bakers PAC chair and chief legal counsel and corporate secretary of Flowers Foods. “Her strategies help clients raise more capital to supercharge their advocacy programs, making her an excellent fit for our already very successful PAC program.”
Hayes serves as director of PAC and campaign resources services at Husch Blackwell Strategies, a national government relations and state affairs firm. In this position, she advises trade association clients and corporations on PAC development, custom campaigns and materials, and executive giving programs. Hayes has served as a top political aide to long-serving elected officials in the US House and Senate for over twenty years. She has also served as director of corporate giving at the National Republican Senatorial Committee and as a finance director in congressional and gubernatorial campaigns.
“The American Bakers PAC has updated its giving strategy by contributing to candidates early in the cycle to use PAC contributors’ dollars in the most impactful way,” Tillman said. “We are confident Keri Ann and the Husch Blackwell Strategies team will be exactly what is needed to usher in the next growth era of the American Bakers PAC.”
