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Owens staffer leaves for Wal-Mart

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Dec. 11, 2014

Retiring Rep. Bill Owens' (D-N.Y.) legislative director has taken a new government affairs job with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Andrew Fitzpatrick made the jump in the final weeks of Owens' tenure, leaving an office where he began as a legislative assistant in 2013. He serves now as senior manager for state and local policy, public affairs and government relations at the retailing behemoth.

Fitzpatrick was a research consultant at the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in 2011 and 2012 before coming to the Hill. He earned a bachelor's degree at Colby College in 2006 and a master's in public policy, international and global affairs, from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2012.

Wal-Mart invests extensively in lobbying, advocating on issues including immigration reform, labor and trade.