American Frozen Food Institute, McLean, Va. Kelly Pike Poulsen joined as director of government affairs. Poulsen previously served as legislative assistant to U.S. Reps. Denny Rehberg (R-Mt.) and Mark Green (R-Wisc.). She also worked for the National Association of Home Builders as a manager of legislative affairs. Rishi Banerjee joined as manager of regulatory and technical affairs. He previously worked at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Environmental Microbial Food Safety Lab. Kristen Holmes was promoted to director of conferences. Holmes joined AFFI in November 2009, and has been serving as AFFI manager of conferences. Patrick Kendall was promoted to director of member services. Kendall joined AFFI in August 2010, and has been working as the manager of member services.