STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ Up On Capitol Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm:
In her first job on the Hill, Catalina Constain Shin takes over duties as Constituent Services Representative for Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL). Catalina received her MS in International Public Service in 2014 from DePaul University.

Miriam Cash (Screenshot from Facebook).
Miriam Cash is the new Deputy Communications Director for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), moving up from her tenure serving as Press Secretary for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). Miriam’s BA in Sociology was awarded in 2015 from Emory University and she received a Certificate from Columbia University in 2016 in Politics and Legal Theory.
Lisa Highet moves in as Deputy Director of Scheduling and Operations for Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC). Originally from New York, Lisa previously interned for Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and was the first woman elected as President of the Wake Forest University College Republicans.
Elliott Thomlinson moves over from the Senate Judiciary Committee where he was Counsel to Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) to serve as General Counsel for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). Elliot earned his law degree in 2017 from the Wake Forest University Law School and his BA in Economics from North Carolina State University in 2012.
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