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Kilmer's legislative director moves to Export-Import Bank

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Aug. 11, 2015

The embattled Export-Import Bank has brought on another Hill staffer to work as vice president of congressional affairs.

Kevin Warnke has six years of experience working for House Democrats, beginning with Mark Schauer (D-Mich.) and Ron Kind (D-Wis.). He served as legislative director for Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) until last month, covering a range of issues including finance and financial sector, economics and public finance and foreign trade and international finance.

The fight over whether to reauthorize the Ex-Im bank has continued and the previous charter lapsed July 1, with Congress leaving for the August recess without taking action. Kilmer has called for reauthorization of the bank over the last few months.

Warnke has a 2003 bachelor's in political science and international relations, African studies, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served as a deaf education specialist with the Peace Corps and with Deaf Aid, both in Kenya, after college.