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Podesta Group lobbyist transfers to House committee job

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Feb. 25, 2015

A registered lobbyist for a range of clients at the Podesta Group Inc. has taken a job as communications director for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Rebecca Edgar, who also worked at PodestaMattoon and Mattoon and Associates LLC through a spin-off, registered to lobby between 2001 and 2010. She served as chief of staff at Podesta from 2010 to October of last year and works now for the Republicans on the committee.

Edgar most recently registered to lobby in 2010 for clients including United Continental Holdings Inc., AT&T Inc. and FedEx Corp. She also worked for the National Republican Congressional Committee between 1999 and 2001 and earned a bachelor's in public relations from Pennsylvania State University.