STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week (Might Be Somebody You Know!)
HALIE CRAIG is back with Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) as a Policy Advisor on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee after a two year absence during which she was at Facebook as a Public Policy Associate Manager. Prior to heading to Facebook, Halie worked for Toomey for more than two years. Halie is a 2016 University of Pennsylvania BA graduate in Political Science.
Nati Ortega (Screenshot from Facebook).
NATHALIA ‘NATI’ ORTEGA joins Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) as Legislative Assistant. Nathalia was previously with the America-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in a similar position. She is a 2018 BA graduate of the University of Florida in Political Science.
Taking up duties as Deputy Press Secretary for Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) is JACK BEYRER, who is starting his first full-time position on the Hill. Previously, he served a stint as an Intern with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Jack is a 2020 Wake Forest University BA graduate in History.
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