By
Aaron Guerrero
| May 21, 2012, Midnight
Up until now, Natasha Mayer’s professional life consisted of crisscrossing the globe, spending time in areas that many of us see only on TV or a map.
By
Emily Cahn
| May 14, 2012, Midnight
Sara Lonardo caught the Congressional bug in high school.
By
Emily Cahn
| May 7, 2012, Midnight
Tom Van Flein is a fixer. A high-powered litigator by trade, Van Flein made a career of settling disputes and getting clients out of hot water.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| April 23, 2012, Midnight
Kyle Anderson’s career on Capitol Hill got off to a late start. The new communications director for Rules ranking member Louise Slaughter (N.Y.) graduated from college in 1989 as a political science major, but he wouldn’t begin his career as a Hill staffer until 18 years later.
By
Emily Cahn
| April 16, 2012, Midnight
For Madeline Rose, Capitol Hill is a classroom. The new staff assistant for Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) has a passion for international relations and said she came to Capitol Hill to witness firsthand how Congress, nongovernmental organizations and the private sector work together to solve issues such as poverty and disease abroad.
By
Ivan V. Natividad
| April 9, 2012, Midnight
While teaching English in China’s Shandong province, Jesse Haladay picked up communication skills that would eventually lead to a career on Capitol Hill.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| April 2, 2012, Midnight
Hannah Walker spent years as a staffer on Capitol Hill, including time in an office at the heart of a scandal. Still, the Memphis native never lost her passion for public service or the institution.
By
Kate Tummarello
| March 29, 2012, Midnight
There’s typically an established path for Capitol Hill staffers, but some people take less traditional routes to working on the Hill. Of the Hill Climbers whom Roll Call has talked to in the past several months, here are some of the people who made the most interesting professional leaps.
By
Kate Tummarello
| March 26, 2012, Midnight
For Matthew Hilgart, it’s all about communicating. Last year, he was teaching in Jordan. Now, Hilgart has returned to Rep. Betty McCollum’s office in St. Paul, Minn., as a part of the Democrat’s communications team.
By
Ivan V. Natividad
| March 19, 2012, Midnight
As a child growing up in rural Alaska, Agatha Erickson always wanted to make a difference in the native community. As a rural liaison in the office of the state’s Democratic Senator, Mark Begich, she now has that opportunity.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| March 12, 2012, Midnight
Even before coming to Capitol Hill, Elizabeth Stower had a background deeply rooted in politics. The new legislative assistant for Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) spent considerable time as a child on the campaign trail in the Badger State.
By
Kate Tummarello
| March 5, 2012, Midnight
When she started college, Katelynn Anderson saw herself working at the United Nations or an international nongovernmental organization. By the time she graduated in December 2011, her sights had shifted to Capitol Hill.
By
Ivan V. Natividad
| Feb. 27, 2012, Midnight
As a reporter in Honolulu, Ashley Nagaoka Boylan asked the tough questions. As press secretary for Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii), she is now the one answering them.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| Feb. 13, 2012, Midnight
For some, running for class president is a way to move up (or onto) the high school social ladder. For Matthew Stroia, it was the springboard into a career in politics.
By
Kate Tummarello
| Feb. 6, 2012, Midnight
Growing up in Alabama, Ben Dunham was more into sports than he was into school. Dunham, now the legislative director for Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), remembers thinking that it would be football rather than physics class that would ultimately pay off.
By
Kate Tummarello
| Jan. 30, 2012, Midnight
Staci Cox has always been a good communicator. In high school, she hoped to one day open a litigation public affairs firm, but coming to the District for college changed all that.
By
Kate Tummarello
| Jan. 23, 2012, Midnight
Ray Martin has always had role models close by. His grandparents raised him and introduced him to “Star Wars,” and a lifelong friend inspired him to pursue a career in politics.
By
Kate Tummarello
| Jan. 9, 2012, Midnight
Four years ago, Abe Rakov was on track to graduate from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and become a sports reporter. But the college newspaper’s editor-in-chief decided to add Congressional intern to his résumé, and “everything has just kind of snowballed since then.”
By
Kate Tummarello
| Dec. 19, 2011, Midnight
The new deputy chief of staff for Rep. Mary Bono Mack has been involved in politics since before she was 2 years old.
By
Kate Tummarello
| Dec. 12, 2011, Midnight
Sen. Frank Lautenberg's new deputy chief of staff attributes her deep interest in politics to her upbringing.
