Majority Staff

  • Mark Zuckerman, Staff Director
  • Alex Nock, Deputy Staff Director
  • Daniel Weiss, Special Assistant to the Chairman
  • Brian Kennedy, General Counsel
  • Stephanie Moore, General Counsel

Administrative Staff

  • Ali Al Falahi, Staff Assistant
  • Marjorie Bingham-Hamilton, Financial Staff Assistant
  • Fran-Victoria Cox, Staff Attorney
  • Tylease Fitzgerald-Alli, Hearing Clerk
  • David Hartzler, Systems Administrator
  • Liz Hollis, Special Assistant to the Staff Director & Deputy Staff Director
  • Richard Magee, Printer
  • Daisy Minter, Financial Administrator
  • Joe Novotny, Chief Clerk
  • James Schroll, Staff Assistant
  • Dray Thorne, Senior Systems Administrator

Budget Staff

  • Alejandra Ceja, Senior Budget/Appropriations Analyst

Communications Staff

  • Aaron Albright, Press Secretary
  • Jessica Kahanek, Press Assistant
  • Betsy Miller Kittredge, Research and Outreach Director
  • Mike Kruger, Online Outreach Specialist
  • Rachel Racusen, Communications Director
  • Melissa Salmanowitz, Press Secretary

Education Staff

  • Jeff Appel, Senior Education Policy Advisor/Investigator

  • Catherine Brown, Education Policy Advisor
    Elementary and Secondary Education (K-12), 21st Century Learning Centers, ed-flex, graduation rates/dropout prevention, high school reform (supports) Impact Aid, magnet schools, parent involvement, rural schools, safe and drug-free schools, smaller learning communities, Title I (assessments), wrap-around services

  • Alice Johnson Cain, Senior Education Policy Advisor (K-12)
    Elementary and Secondary Education (K-12), charter schools, data quality, education technology, English Language Learners, Even Start, growth models, high school reform (accountability), migrant education, national standards, NAEP, Native American education, teacher and principal quality, Title I (accountability)

  • Adrienne Dunbar, Education Policy Advisor

  • Sarah Dyson, Policy Assistant

  • Curtis Ellis, Legislative Fellow

  • Denise Forte, Director of Education Policy
    Institution for Education Sciences, Juv. Justice, Runaway, Title IX, Career and Technical Education/Vocational Education/Perkins Act, Youth Issues, Child Nutrition

  • Ruth Friedman, Senior Education Policy Advisor (Early Childhood)
    CAPTA, CCDBG, Child Care, Child Poverty, CSGB, Early Childhood, Foster Care, Head Start, IDEA-part c and 619, Welfare TANF

  • Gabriella Gomez, Senior Education Policy Advisor (Higher Education)
    Graduate Education, Immigrant Education, Minority Serving Institutions, Pell Grants, Perkins Loans, Student Loans/Aid, STEM

  • Lloyd Horwich, Policy Advisor - Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education Subcommittee
    Individual with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA), Community Service Block Grant (CSBG), Low Income Home Energy Assistant Act (LIHEAP), high school reform, displaced homemakers, elementary and secondary education issues (including vocational and disability education), school lunch/breakfast, school construction and repair, and migrant education

  • Fred Jones , Staff Assistant, Education

  • Sharon Lewis, Senior Disability Policy Advisor

  • Julia Martin, Policy Advisor

  • Ricardo Martinez, Policy Advisor - Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness Subcommittee
    Americorps, Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), Foster Care, Libraries/Museum Services (NEA/NEH), Vocational Rehabilitation Act, charter schools, minority serving institutions, international education, immigrant education and migrant/bilingual education

  • Lisa Pugh, Legislative Fellow

  • Julie Radocchia, Senior Education Policy Advisor
    Older Americans Act, STAR Act, student loans, TRIO, Perkins/Career Technical Education

  • Margaret Young, Education Staff Assistant

  • Kim Zarish-Bucknell, Policy Advisor - Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee

Labor Staff

  • Tico Almeida, Labor Counsel for Immigration and International Trade

  • Jordan Barab, Senior Labor Policy Advisor
    Health and Safety Issues

  • Christopher Brown, Labor Policy Advisor

  • Jody Calemine, Labor Policy Deputy Director
    Civil Rights in Employment, Collective Bargaining, Davis-Bacon, Disclosure Act, Employee Free Choice Act, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Genetic Non-discrimination, Labor and Management, National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification Act (WARN)

  • Lynn Dondis, Senior Labor Policy Advisor - Workforce Protections Subcommittee

  • Carlos Fenwick, Policy Advisor - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee

  • Therese Leung, Labor Policy Advisor

  • Sara Lonardo, Junior Legislative Associate

  • Megan O'Reilly, Labor Counsel

  • Meredith Regine, Junior Legislative Associate

  • Michele Varnhagen, Labor Policy Director
    Employee Benefits, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Equal Pay Act, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Health Care Issues, Pensions, Social Security (select topics), Unemployment Insurance, and Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

Oversight Staff

  • Nina DeJong, Investigative Associate
  • Patrick Findlay, Investigative Counsel
  • Ryan Holden, Senior Investigator
  • Michael Zola, Chief Investigative Counsel
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