Majority Staff of the Education and Labor Committee

• 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

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

Budget Staff

• Alejandra Ceja, Senior Budget/Appropriations Analyst

Communications Staff

• Aaron Albright, Press Secretary
• Will Johnston, New Media Specialist
• Jessica Kahanek, Press Assistant
• Betsy Miller Kittredge, Research and Outreach Director
• Rachel Racusen, Communications Director
• Melissa Salmanowitz, Press Secretary

Education Staff

• Alfred Amado, APA/AAAS Legislative Fellow
• Jeff Appel, Senior Education Policy Advisor/Investigator
• 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)
• Lynne Campbell, Einstein Fellow
• Adrienne Dunbar, Education Policy Advisor
• 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
• Deborah Koolbeck, Policy Advisor - Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee
• Ann-Frances Lambert, Administrative Assistant to Director of Education Policy
• Sharon Lewis, Senior Disability 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
• Jill Morningstar, 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
• Julie Radocchia, Education Policy Advisor
  Older Americans Act, STAR Act, student loans, TRIO, Perkins/Career Technical Education
• Margaret Young, Education Staff Assistant

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, Labor Policy Advisor - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
• Sara Lonardo, Junior Legislative Associate
• Megan O'Reilly, Labor Policy Advisor
• Meredith Regine , Junior Legislative Associate
• Michele Varnhagen, Labor Policy Director
  Arbitration, Bankruptcy and Pension Terminations, Cash Balance, Contingent Workers, Employee Benefits, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Equal Pay Act, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Health Care Issues, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Long Term Insurance, Mental Health Parity, Patients Bill of Rights, Pensions, Social Security (select topics), Unemployment Insurance, Welfare-Work Requirements, Worker's Compensation, and Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

Oversight Staff

• Sarah Dyson, Investigative Associate
• Patrick Findlay, Investigative Counsel
• Ryan Holden, Senior Investigator
• Michael Zola, Chief Investigative Counsel