HILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM:
DREW SIKKINK, Research Assistant, House Budget Committee. (Screenshot from Facebook).
SYDNEY WESTWICK moves into her first full-time congressional position, signing up as a Staff Assistant on the House Budget Committee working for Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas). Sydney previously Interned on the staff of Rep. Blaine Lutketmeyer (R-Mo.). She is a 2023 graduate of Salisbury University with a BS in Public Health.
Also hitching up with the House Budget Committee is DREW SIKKINK as a Research Assistant working for Mr. Arrington. Drew previously interned with the budget panel. He is a 2023 graduate of Covenant College with a BS in Economics.
The new Staff Assistant working for Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Az.) is ALEXANDRA PARKER. She expects to complete her Master in Public Policy at Georgetown University in May 2024 and she received her BS in Political Science and Criminal Justice from the University of Arizona.
Moving up from Staff Assistant to Legislative Aide in the office of Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) is LUISA SMITH. Before moving over to the Risch staff, she was a Legislative Correspondent for Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND). Luisa was awarded a BS in International Studies in 2021 from the University of Idaho.
JOB OPENINGS: Courtesy of CNCT, the app that connects Hill staffers:
Republicans:
Texas Representative | Staff Assistant/LC | Apply HERE
Rep. Greg Pence | Press Secretary | Apply HERE
Pence Staff Line: Legislative Turnover Index 0.15 (House Average is 0.25). Office Median Staff Salary $71,986.13
Sen. Ted Budd | Staff Assistant | Apply HERE
Budd Staff Line: Legislative Turnover Index 0.19 (Senate Average is 0.22). Office Median Staff Salary $86,267.66
Midwest Senator | Operations & Correspondence Aide | Apply HERE
Democrats:
Rep. Jerrold Nadler | Legislative Assistant | Apply HERE
Nadler Staff Line: Legislative Turnover Index 0.23 (House Average is 0.25). Office Median Staff Salary $85,000.01
Rep. Robin L. Kelly | Health Policy Advisor | Apply HERE
Kelly Staff Line: Legislative Turnover Index 0.13 (House Average is 0.25). Office Median Staff Salary $79,464.27
Sen. Richard Blumenthal | Press Secretary | Apply HERE
Blumenthal Staff Line: Legislative Turnover Index 0.12 (Senate Average is 0.22). Office Median Staff Salary $71,999.92
Sen. Reverend Raphael Warnock | Legislative Assistant | Apply HERE
Warnock Staff Line: Legislative Turnover Index 0.19 (Senate Average is 0.22). Office Median Staff Salary $70,751.65
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