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Changes at the top in Foley's office |
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By The Hill Staff
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Posted: 11/18/04 12:00 AM [ET] |
Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) recently announced three new promotions and a new hire.
Don Kiselewski, a Foley aide since 1994, has been promoted to chief of staff. Before joining Foley’s staff, Kiselewski worked for Foley’s predecessor, Rep. Tom Lewis (R-Fla.). He served as Foley’s campaign manager for his 1996 reelection bid and has worked for other campaigns on the municipal and national levels. |
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Kiselewski holds a political science degree from Emory University and a master’s degree in business administration from Florida Atlantic University. He lives in Palm Beach Gardens with his wife and three children.
Elizabeth Nicolson, Foley’s legislative director since 1997, has been promoted to deputy chief of staff. Nicolson has also worked as press secretary and legislative adviser to other members of Congress, such as then-Rep. Dick Zimmer (R-N.J.)and then-Rep. James Jeffords of Vermont, who was a Republican at the time.
Bradley Schreiber, who has served as legislative counsel since 2001, has been promoted to legislative director and counsel. Schreiber spent three years as a hearing clerk for the Ways & Means Committee and worked for the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Schreiber earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Hartford. He is a New York Law School graduate.
Jason Kello has been hired as the communications director. Kello most recently worked as a speechwriter to Sen. George Allen (R-Va.). He also served as press secretary and policy director to Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) for his first election in 2000 and has worked on numerous statehouse campaigns in Virginia.
Prior to working on Capitol Hill, Kello spent almost two years working as a public information officer for the Henrico County Sheriff’s Office in Richmond, Va. Kello graduated from Hampden-Sydney College.
Two moves in Blumenauer’s office
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) has announced that Tim Daly will be his new legislative assistant working on Transportation Committee issues. Daly will also handle press.
During the 2002 election cycle, Daly worked as a finance director for the Washington-based Democratic consulting firm Fraioli and Associates. He interned in Rep. Michael McNulty’s (D-N.Y.) office in the spring of 2001.
Daly graduated from Shaker High School in Latham, N.Y., in 2000. He holds degrees in economics and government and politics from the University of Maryland, College Park. He graduated last spring. His hobbies include horse racing, college sports and Democratic politics. He served as student body president his senior year of college.
During his term, he worked with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Union Local 1072, which had been trying for two years to negotiate a contract with the University of Maryland. Both exempt and nonexempt employees received their first contract as a result of Daly’s efforts. He was then given the honor of speaking about his campaign at the AFSCME International Organizing Convention.
Myat “Phyllis” Khaing will serve as Blumenauer’s new executive assistant and office manager. Khaing graduated from Methodist English High School in Rangoon, Burma, in 1966. She attended the Rangoon Arts & Science University, where she received a B.S. in botany in 1970. She also holds a master’s degree in political management from George Washington University. She graduated in 1996.
Before joining Blumenauer’s staff, Khaing worked as the executive assistant and office manager to Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.). He has nearly 15 years of Capitol Hill experience, including positions as officer manager for Del. Robert Underwood (D-Guam) and computer director for Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.).
Minnesota boy returns home
Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) has announced that political veteran Tom Mason will become his senior adviser for communications.
Mason most recently ran Rep. George Nethercutt’s (R-Wash.) unsuccessful Senate bid. He also served as the chief of staff to Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) and as a consultant to Coleman’s Senate campaign in 2002.
Mason has also held positions as communications director to then-Sen. Rudy Boschwitz (R-Minn.) and chief of staff to then-Sen. James Abdnor (R-S.D.). He was the director of communications and research at the National Republican Senatorial Committee in 1998. |
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