The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) has named Jerry Slominski to the position of senior vice president of legislative affairs. In this role, Slominski will be responsible for managing all of the association’s legislative, political and economic activities. He replaces Chip Kunde, who left IDFA in August.

Slominski has many years of experience working in the nation’s capital, from setting strategy and lobbying for a corporation and a major trade association to staffing a congressional budget committee and advising a former senator. Most recently, Slominski was senior director of legislative programs at the Nuclear Energy Institute, where he designed and implemented policy and legislative strategy. Before that, he was director of government affairs at Westinghouse Corporation.

A graduate of the University of Nebraska, Slominski earned his B.A. degree in political science and J.D. degree from the university’s College of Law.