Staff Directory

Bergerbest, Nathan
Deputy Chief of Staff

• Appropriations:  Defense, Military Construction
• Armed Services
• Ethics
• Foreign Relations
• HELP: labor (*jointly with Karen)
• HSGAC:  Homeland Security
• Intelligence
• Judiciary
• Rules
• Small Business:  SBA, tourism
• Veterans Affairs

Boyle, Garrett
Legislative Director

• Appropriations (except Defense and Military Construction)
• EPW:  Denali Commission

Bringhurst, Greg
Legislative Assistant

• Arctic
• Agriculture:  rural development
• Banking: housing, urban development
• ENR:  subsistence, ANCSA, ANILCA
• EPW:  Denali Commission, Village Safe Water, Tribal transportation, EDA
• Indian Affairs:  BIA, EDA, IHS, NAHASDA, tribal transportation, SBA 8(a), Indian education (*Karen lead staffer on Indian education)
• Other:  CDQ groups, fish and marine mammal commissions, Arctic Caucus

Burney, Angelina
Office Manager

Cerny, Daniel
Staff Assistant

Daimler-Nothdurft, Kristen
DC Scheduler

Daimler, Mike
Assistant Director for Correspondence

Dietderich, Anna
Staff Assistant

Dodd, Phillip
Director of Correspondence

• Small Brewers Caucus

Froehlich, Ephraim
Legislative Assistant

• Agriculture:  seafood
• Arctic
• Commerce:  Coast Guard, NOAA, fisheries, maritime, oceans, science (NSF, Smithsonian), consumer product safety
• ENR:  subsistence
• EPW:  ESA, fisheries and wildlife, Corps of Engineers, EPA (water), marine transportation
• Other:  CDQ groups, fish and marine mammal commissions, Senate Ocean’s Caucus

Haymans, Parker
Legislative Correspondent

Holt, Chelsea
Legislative Aide

• Commerce: aviation
• Finance:  Social Security Act programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, TANF
• EPW: surface transportaion
• HELP:  healthcare, FDA, LIHEAP

Mason, Jenna
Press Secretary

McCarthy, Karen
Senior Legislative Assistant

• Agriculture:  farming, nutrition
• HELP:  adoption and foster care, children’s issues, education (*lead staffer on Indian education)
• HSGAC:  archives, census, federal employees, USPS (including bypass mail)
• Labor
• Other:  libraries, museums, arts; Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts

McElroy, Amy
Coast Guard Fellow

• Arctic
• Commerce:  Coast Guard, NOAA, maritime, oceans
• EPW:  marine transportation
• Other:  Senate Arctic Caucus, Senate Ocean’s Caucus
• Space, volcanoes

O'Scannell, Ayla
Assistant to the Chief of Staff

Pawlowski, Michael
Chief of Staff

• Banking:  banking, financial institutions, housing, urban development, mass transit, trade, insurance, securities, economics
• Budget
• Commerce:  telecommunications
• Finance:  taxes, trade
• Joint Economic Committee

Pergiel, Liza
Legislative Correspondent

Petersen, Karina
Communications Director

Prout, Silver Joy
Legislative Correspondent

Solorio, Nathan
Legislative Correspondent

West, Ryan
Legislative Correspondent