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• Rep. Tenney picks up State Department appointee

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 1, 2021
  A former State Department appointee has found a new home with Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.), Congress's newest member. read more

• AOC chief heads to State Department

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 12, 2021
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has lost her chief of staff to the State Department. read more

• Rep. Carson staffer returns from State Department

  Posted by on March 13, 2020
  A staffer who worked his way up in Rep. André Carson's (D-Ind.) office has returned to the office that trained him. read more

• Longtime Senate Intel aide heads to State Department

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 15, 2018
  After a seven-year run in the Senate, a senior intelligence expert has moved to the State Department. read more

• Ex-CAP lobbyist and State Dept. adviser back to Senate

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 15, 2017
  Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has coaxed a former State Department adviser and Center for American Progress lobbyist back to the Senate. read more

• Ex-Senate aide lobbies to break up Iraq, defeat ISIS

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 8, 2016
  The Committee to Destroy ISIS, a group headed by a former Senate GOP aide who hopes to break up Iraq, has filed its first federal lobbying disclosure. read more

• New Democratic press aide honored President Reagan

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on May 4, 2016
  The new press secretary for a liberal firebrand in the House, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), participated in the memorial services for former President Ronald Reagan as an honorary guard. read more

• Ex-House Armed Services Committee staffer submits first lobbying filing

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Oct. 28, 2015
  A defense expert with experience in Congress, the State Department, the Department of Defense and an influential think tank has found a new weapon to influence policy - lobbying. read more

• Nebraska Republican will marry former Hill staffer

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Nov. 21, 2014
  Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) is counting down to more than just Thanksgiving dinner. He is one week away from tying the knot with a senior adviser at the Aspen Institute who once worked briefly in Congress. read more

Employees

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People whose biographies include U.S. Department of State as an employer:

• Hera A. Abbasi

  (April 2014-Jan. 2017)

  Congressional Adviser, European and Eurasian Affairs

• Mirvat Abdelhag

  (Oct. 2013-Dec. 2015)

  Foreign Affairs Officer

• Huma Mahmood Abedin

  (Jan. 2009-Jan. 2013)

  Senior Adviser to the Secretary

• Katherine O. Abrames (Katie)

  (March 2018-Sept. 2019)

  Special Assistant

• Mala Adiga

  (Jan. 2016-Jan. 2017)

  Deputy Assistant Secretary

• Gregory L. Aftandilian

  (1986-2000)

  Middle East Analyst/Regional Economist

• Florence O. Akinyemi

  (Dec. 2021-July 2023)

  Special Assistant

• Nicholas A. Albright

  (Dec. 2020-May 2023)

  Charles B. Rangel Fellow

• Christopher Jason Albritton (Jason)

  (Jan. 2003-May 2003)

  Intern

• Caroline Alexander

  (May 2022-)

  Foreign Affairs Officer

• Eric Gustav Altbach

  (Oct. 1998-March 2004)

  Senior Analyst, Asian Economic Affairs

• Andrew Amsler (Andy)

  (Nov. 2010-Dec. 2011)

  Social Media Strategist

• Andres D. Anzola

  (Sept. 2014-Nov. 2014)

  Ukraine Desk Intern

• Sarah E. Arkin

  (Aug. 2012-July 2013)

  Foreign Affairs Officer

• Jason Hillel Attermann

  (Jan. 2012-March 2012)

  Intern

• Tiffany McCullen Atwell

  (1998)

  Presidential Management Fellow

• Roy S. Awabdeh

  (Aug. 2023-)

  Deputy Assistant Secretary

• Jennifer A. Baaklini

  (July 2018-Aug. 2019)

  Social Media Manager/Contractor

• Robert C. Bacon

  (May 2013-Oct. 2016)

  Foreign Affairs Officer

• Kimberly A. Badenhop (Kim)

  (June 2018-Jan. 2021)

  Senior Adviser, Overseas Buildings Operations

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Related People

People who have U.S. Department of State listed in their biographical information:

• Logan A. Duarte

  (2022)
  Critical Language Scholar

• Saif N. Inam

  Secret-Level Security Clearance

• Hae Jean Kwon (Jean)

  (March 2015-)
  Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information Security Clearance

• Nicholas Urbonowicz (Nick)

  (Jan. 2007-June 2009)
  Member, Advisory Committee

Awardees

People whose biographical information includes an award from U.S. Department of State:

• Grant Sherle Green Jr.

  Distinguished Service

• Grant Sherle Green Jr.

  Distinguished Public Service

• Leslie Caroline Haymon

  (Aug. 2010)
  Franklin Award

• Alan Philip Larson (Al)

  (2005)
  Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award

• Andrew Parks

  (2017)
  Meritorious Honor Award

• Andrew Parks

  (2022)
  Meritorious Honor Award

• Philippe I. Reines

  (Jan. 2013)
  Distinguished Honor Award

• Andrew J. Shapiro

  (Jan. 2013)
  Distinguished Honor Award

• April Valerie Demert Slayton

  (March 2012)
  Meritorious Honor Award

• Christopher Michael Tuttle (Chris)

  Superior Honor Award