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Caught Our Eye

• Ways and Means Dems hire ex-lobbyist and HHS appointee

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 17, 2023
  An Obama appointee-turned-JUUL lobbyist has found his way to the Ways and Means Committee. read more

• Sen. Klobuchar picks up health-care lobbyist

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 18, 2021
  A former health-care lobbyist is back to the Hill, one of several moves in Sen. Amy Klobuchar's (D-Minn.) tumultuous office. read more

• Niece brings Chaffetz name back to the Hill

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 6, 2021
  When ex-Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) resigned from Congress in 2017, he explained that his time had come to "get off the crazy train." Now in the 117th Congress, his niece has climbed aboard. read more

• Ex-CDC appointees register as COVID-19 lobbyists

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 5, 2020
  The pandemic has made lobbyists out of two Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appointees who left the agency in August. read more

• HELP alum returns from administration

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 19, 2019
  Senate Republicans have re-hired a health-policy expert to the committee she left two years ago. read more

• HHS health adviser makes a House call

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 18, 2019
  After a brief stint with the Department of Health and Human Services, a Republican aide has returned to his roots in the House. read more

• Ex-Hill aide returns after hospital-lobbying stint

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 14, 2019
  Sen. Chris Murphy's (D-Conn.) latest hire has returned to the Hill with two years of health lobbying experience. read more

• Rep. Fleischmann's son lobbying Congress

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 23, 2018
  The son of Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) has made his federal lobbying debut. read more

• Maternal-health group births new job for Senate aide

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 20, 2017
  A maternal-health charity has found a new source of talent - the office of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). read more

• Turing Pharmaceuticals hires lobbying firm in wake of PR disaster

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Oct. 1, 2015
  The company that is perhaps the most hated in America hired its first lobbyists this week as it continues to deal with the fallout from its decision to massively hike a drug's price. read more

• Former American Petroleum Institute lobbyist will be Renacci's chief of staff

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on April 30, 2015
  Rep. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) has hired a former oil and gas lobbyist as his chief of staff. read more

• Mikulski staffer moves to lobby for nurses serving low-income new mothers

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Nov. 4, 2014
  A Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) congressional staffer has taken her experience to a government affairs job at the Nurse-Family Partnership. read more

• Former Hill defense aide lobbies for military clients

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Jan. 24, 2014
  A former Senate military legislative assistant is now defending clients' interests before Congress. read more

• Ways and Means' health counsel checks in with docs associations

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Nov. 8, 2013
  An experienced health attorney is the newest government relations representative for the American Academy of Family Physicians after three years on the Hill. read more

Employees

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People whose biographies include U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as an employer:

• Stephanie Oluchukwu Akpa

  (April 2023-)

  Deputy General Counsel

• Marisa G. Aleguas

  (Jan. 2023-)

  Speechwriter

• Jennifer Bryning Alton

  (2001-2005)

  Legislative Analyst and Program Analyst

• Russell M. Anello (Russ)

  (2011-2013)

  Oversight Counsel

• Matthew J. Apple (Matt)

  (Sept. 2020-Jan. 2021)

  Policy Adviser

• Rebekah West Armstrong

  (Sept. 2018-Oct. 2020)

  Deputy Assistant Secretary of Legislation

• Susan M. Aspey

  (2001-2002)

  Special Assistant

• Kelsey Avery

  (Oct. 2014-Oct. 2017)

  Social Science Analyst

• Alex Michael Azar II

  (Jan. 2018-Jan. 2021)

  Secretary of Health and Human Services

• Michael Bagel

  (Aug. 2012-June 2019)

  Senior Policy Adviser

• Natalie E. Baldassarre

  (June 2020-Dec. 2020)

  Special Assistant

• Thomas Richard Barker

  (May 2008-Jan. 2009)

  General Counsel

• Jo Anne Bryant Barnhart (Jo Anne)

  (1990-1993)

  Assistant Secretary for Children and Families

• Ximena Alexandra Barreto

  (Dec. 2017-July 2018)

  Deputy Communications Director

• Kevin Steven Barstow

  (June 2021-Jan. 2023)

  Senior Counsel

• Matthew David Bassett (Matt)

  (May 2017-June 2019)

  Assistant Secretary for Legislation

• Former Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)

  (March 2021-)

  Secretary of Health and Human Services

• Gary M. Beck

  (Aug. 2017-Jan. 2021)

  External Affairs Director

• Samantha R. Beck

  (May 2016-July 2019)

  Attorney-Adviser

• Allyson Bell

  (Jan. 2005-Jan. 2009)

  Director, Scheduling, Advance and External Operations

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