Oshkosh hires Hawkins; Kimmitt to retire

By Marjorie Censer / September 18, 2018 at 9:21 AM

Oshkosh said this week Thomas Hawkins has been named senior vice president for government relations, while Jay Kimmitt, the company's longtime government operations chief, will retire at the end of the year.

Hawkins most recently was national security adviser in the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). He previously was a senior professional staff member on the Senate Appropriations state, foreign operations and related programs subcommittee as well as the defense subcommittee.

Kimmitt, who spent more than 17 years leading Oshkosh's government operations team, will step down Dec. 31.

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