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Leadership staffer returns to lobbying

Posted by Sean Myers on Jan. 27, 2016

The deputy director of member services for the House Democratic Whip has returned to lobbying, joining a large health-care concern.

Javier Martínez's career already has included years on both sides of the revolving door. This month he has returned to the lobbying side as the director of government affairs at DaVita Healthcare Partners.

After nearly a decade as a Capitol Hill staffer, first for former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) and then for the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Martínez joined the lobbying organization National Council of La Raza, the largest U.S. Hispanic advocacy organization. As deputy director of legislative affairs at La Raza, Martínez lobbied Congress for economic, tax and immigration reforms for the Latino community.

In June 2012, Martínez left the organization to become deputy director of member services for House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) until December 2015.