HILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM:
BROOKE MEADOWCROFT moves into her first full-time congressional position, as Staff Assistant for Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.). Previously, Brooke interned in the office of Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.). Brooke received her BA in Political Science and French Studies in 2023 from the University of Delaware.

Adam Yost, National Security Adviser, Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hi). (Screenshot from Linkedin).
ADAM YOST is the new National Security Adviser to Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hi). Adam comes to the Hirono operation after serving as a Managing Attorney in the U.S. Navy. Adam, who is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, received his law degree from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.
AMBER VENZON is now Operations Director of the House Office of Congressional Ethics. Previously, Amber was Chief Clerk for the Congressional Oversight Commission. She began her congressional career in 2010 as a Legislative Correspondent for Rep. Dean Heller (R-Nev.). Amber was awarded a BA in Political Science and Government in 2010 by Colorado Mesa University and she received her MS in Homeland Security from Saint Joseph’s University in 2014.
JOB OPENINGS: Courtesy of CNCT, the app that connects Hill staffers:
Republicans:
Rep. Michelle Steel | Communications Director | Apply HERE.
Steel Staff Line: Legislative Turnover Index 0.15 (House Average is 0.25). Office Median Staff Salary $89,972.26.
Rep. Greg Pence | Scheduler | Apply HERE
Pence Staff Line: Legislative Turnover Index 0.15 (House Average is 0.25). Office Media Staff Salary $71,986.13.
Liberty Minded Senator | Deputy Press Secretary | Apply HERE
Sen. Ted Cruz | Domestic Policy Advisor | Apply HERE
Cruz Staff Line: Legislative Turnover Index 0.40 (Senate Average is 0.22). Office Median Staff Salary $72,080.65.
Democrats:
Rep. John Sarbanes | Press Secretary/Comms. Director | Apply HERE
Sarbanes Staff Line: Legislative Turnover Index 0.17. (House Average is 0.25). Office Median Staff Salary $70,972.56.
Rep. Valerie Foushee | Legislative Director | Apply HERE
Foushee Staff Line: Legislative Turnover Index 0.50 (House Average is 0.25). Office Median Staff Salary $73,373.57.
Sen. Bob Casey | Press Assistant | Apply HERE
Casey Staff Line: Legislative Turnover Index 0.14 (Senate Average is 0.22). Office Median Staff Salary $73,232.56.
Senate Appropriations Committee | Staff Assistant | Apply HERE
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