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Scheduler leaves Hill for paper giant

Posted by LegiStorm on June 9, 2016

The age-old decision at the grocery store checkout line has become much easier for Phillip W. Fordham, a former scheduler for Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.). He'll choose paper.

Fordham has taken a job as government relations specialist for the Memphis-based International Paper Co. The manufacturer, which employs 55,000 people in 24 countries, lobbies on a wide range of issues such as carbon neutrality, lumber tariffs and even postal rates.

The Georgia native graduated with a political science and pre-law degree from Georgia State University in 2013 and interned for the Georgia State Senate before joining Carter's campaign as field coordinator in 2013. He stayed on as transitional aide and then became scheduler and executive assistant for the congressman.