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Aerospace engineer and former Palazzo adviser files lobbying registration

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on April 17, 2015

A former policy adviser to Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) on space and aeronautics is now lobbying Congress on the same issues.

Megan Mitchell left Palazzo's office in September after a three-year stint as space and aeronautics fellow and senior policy adviser. She advised the congressman, who chairs the Space Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, on a range of issues and helped craft the House-passed NASA reauthorization last year, according to her LinkedIn profile. 

Mitchell has now filed lobbying papers as part of her new position as head of government and legislative affairs for Blue Origin LLC, where she started last month. She registered to lobby on NASA reauthorization, commercial spaceflight issues and defense authorization and appropriations.

The new lobbyist is also a former aerospace engineer who has worked at the FAA and Lockheed Martin. She has a bachelor's in aerospace engineering from UCLA and a master's in aerospace engineering from Utah State University.