Rep. McCarthy hires Time Warner lobbyist as chief of staff

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the whip-designate for the incoming GOP majority in the House, on Friday announced he is turning to a Hill veteran to run his leadership team in the next Congress. 

Tim Berry is leaving his position as vice president of public policy at Time Warner to serve as the chief of staff in the Office of the Majority Whip, McCarthy said in a statement Friday. 

Before joining Time Warner as a lobbyist in 2005, Berry served as the chief of staff to then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas). He has also served in the offices of former Reps. Jack Quinn (R-N.Y.) and Fred Heineman (R-N.C.).

See the rest of McCarthy's leadership team below the jump.

• James Min, deputy chief of staff
• Sarah Pompei, communications director
• Erica Elliott, press secretary
• John Stipicevic, floor director
• Brian Worth, coalitions director