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title: "McDonald’s Promotes Ashli Nelson to VP, U.S. State & Local Government Relations and Community Affairs"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/d37b7b7a-ed52-4eee-97c9-282d75e9c0aa
source: "QSR Magazine"
original_url: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/mcdonalds-promotes-ashli-nelson-to-vp-u-s-state-local-government-relations-and-community-affairs/
author: "Danny Klein"
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2026-06-22T19:48:57.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T13:18:09.304Z
image: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/AMcD.jpg
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# McDonald’s Promotes Ashli Nelson to VP, U.S. State & Local Government Relations and Community Affairs

**TL;DR:** McDonald's has promoted Ashli Nelson to Vice President of U.S. State & Local Government Relations and Community Affairs. She will lead government relations, public affairs, and community affairs for the company.

*By Danny Klein, originally published in QSR Magazine on 2026-06-22. [Read the original](https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/mcdonalds-promotes-ashli-nelson-to-vp-u-s-state-local-government-relations-and-community-affairs/).*

## Story

McDonald’s announced the promotion of Ashli Nelson to Vice President, U.S. State & Local Government Relations and Community Affairs. She’ll lead U.S. state and local government relations, public affairs, and community affairs.

Nelson joined McDonald’s in 2019 and has held multiple leadership roles within McDonald’s Government Relations, Community Engagement & Public Affairs organization, serving as a trusted advisor on legislative, reputational, and stakeholder matters across state and local markets. Most recently, as Senior Director of U.S. Franchising Sourcing & Recruitment, she led the company’s franchisee sourcing pipeline and spearheaded a national campaign to strengthen ownership opportunities across the system.

In her new role, Nelson will advance McDonald’s business goals and strengthen the chain’s presence in the local communities it operates in, while telling the incredible small business stories across nearly 14,000 U.S. restaurants.

## Entities

- QSR (sector)
- QSR Magazine (publication)
- McDonald's (company)
- Danny Klein (person)
- executive promotion (topic)
- government relations (topic)
- Ashli Nelson (person)
- community affairs (topic)

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Originally reported by Danny Klein, QSR Magazine (https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/mcdonalds-promotes-ashli-nelson-to-vp-u-s-state-local-government-relations-and-community-affairs/). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/d37b7b7a-ed52-4eee-97c9-282d75e9c0aa).