Samantha Slater named AHRI vice president of government affairs
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) appointed Samantha Slater to head its federal and state legislative activities as vice president of government affairs. Slater comes to AHRI from the Renewable Fuels Association, where she was lead lobbyist for the past 10 years, with accomplishments that included preserving ethanol's role in the federal renewable fuels standard as well as the federal tax credit for ethanol. Slater has spent more than 20 years in government relations, working across party lines of all levels of government as an industry advocate on public policy issues related to energy, environment, and the economy.