Lobbying world

The National Restaurant Association named Tom Bene its new CEO and president, effective June 1. He replaces Dawn Sweeny, who left the trade group last year. Marvin Irby has been operating as interim CEO. Bene was CEO of Sysco Corp. for two years and started working for the company in 2013. Before that, he spent 23 years at PepsiCo Inc.Phil Karsting is joining law and lobbying firm Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC as senior policy adviser. He…