Courtesy of Legistorm:
Former Obama administration political appointee Alejandro Rodriquez moves into the District Director slot for Rep. Susan Lee (D-NV). From 2014 to 2017, Alejandro was Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce. Alejandro is a 2003 Harvard University graduate with a BA in Government.
Pennsylvania State Sen. John Blake is headed to Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) to work as Economic Development Regional Director. John is a 2001 graduate of the University of Scranton with an MBA in Finance. He also received an MSW degree in 1987 from Marywood College and a BA in Sociology in 1982 from Villanova.
Jay Campbell heads to his first job on a congressional staff to be Senior Legislative Assistant to Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX).
Amy Love is also headed to a first-time job on Capitol Hill, this as Outreach Director for Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ). Amy earned her BS in Speech and Hearing Science from Arizona State University in 2006.
THEY HEAR ABOUT US BACK HOME, TOO: Clarke County Democrat lists new hires for Rep. Jerry Carl (R-AL), including Chief of Staff Chad Carlough, Legislative Director Jordan Howard, Communications Director Zach Weidlich, and others.
Caught Legistorm’s Eye:
Freshmen in the 117th Congress are hiring what Legistorm’s Keturah Hetrick describes as “the least-educated staffs” on the Hill. That contrasts mightily with the 116th Congress when half of the top 10 most-educated staffs were hired by freshmen.
Hetrick hastens to caution against reading too much into the ranking, which is determined by a formula Legistorm applies to the publicly information on each staff hire.
“LegiStorm’s education-analysis tool compares only publicly available formal education records and may be skewed by a number of factors, including the proportion of entry-level versus senior-level staff, geographic distribution of high-ranked schools, and whether staffers choose to make their up-to-date education information publicly available,” Hetrick reported.
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