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Senate Appropriations Committee staffer returns to K Street

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Jan. 21, 2015

A staffer who has moved several times between the Hill and K Street has revolved again, this time to lobby for EducationCounsel LLC.

Jennifer Castagna served as professional staff member with the Senate Appropriations Committee for four years after returning to the Hill from her first stint in the lobbying world. She was vice president at Washington Partners LLC between 2009 and 2010, registering to lobby on a range of education issues.

Castagna first worked on the Hill for Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. Arlen Specter, then a Republican, starting in 2000 as a legislative correspondent after her graduation from Penn State University. She rose to become legislative assistant and appropriations director over the next several years, leaving for Washington Partners in 2009.

At EducationCounsel, Castagna resumes her lobbying on education policy issues, registering to lobby in the fourth quarter of 2014 on expanding early learning opportunities and aligning early learning with K-12 education.

EducationCounsel is an education lobbying firm with clients that include the American Association of School Administrators and National Association of State Boards of Education. Castangna registered to lobby on behalf of the Ounce of Prevention Fund, which seeks to improve early childhood education particularly for children born into poverty.