FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 20, 2006
CONTACT: Steve Forde
Telephone: (202) 225-4527

 McKeon Announces Hiring of Staff Director,

Deputy Staff Director

Klatt, Stroup to Lead House Education & the Workforce Committee Staff

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. House Education & the Workforce Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) today announced the addition of his panel’s top two staff members.

 

Vic Klatt will be the Committee’s staff director.  Klatt is currently the Vice President of Van Scoyoc Associates in Washington.  A former policy coordinator for the Education & the Workforce Committee, Klatt was a senior staffer at the panel for seven years in the 1990s, during which he led Committee efforts on the Higher Education Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, job training reform, early childhood legislation, and vocational education.  Prior to his tenure at the Committee, Klatt served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of Education under President George H.W. Bush and also spent time as a senior staff member for U.S. Representative Fred Upton (R-MI).

 

Sally Stroup has been tapped to be the Committee’s deputy staff director.  Stroup has been the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education since March 2002.  In that position, she serves as the principal adviser to Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings on all matters related to higher education, from student aid to federal college access programs.  Prior to her tenure at the Education Department, Stroup was the director of industry and government affairs for the Apollo Group, and from 1993 to 2001, she served as a professional staff member for the Education & the Workforce Committee.  During that time, she played a key legislative role on higher education issues, including the 1998 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.

 

“Vic and Sally are ideal leaders to head up our talented Committee team,” said McKeon.  “Their experience and knowledge on the matters our panel deals with each and every day will prove incredibly valuable.  I’m pleased they’ve chosen to return to the Committee after their years of past service, and I’m grateful to have them by my side as I take on my responsibilities as chairman.”

 

Klatt will begin his position on April 3, with Stroup beginning her work at the Committee on April 24.

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