WASHINGTON, D.C., September 3, 2014 – The Bryce Harlow Foundation, the national capital’s premier organization supporting the profession of lobbying and advocacy, today announced the 20 recipients of its prestigious graduate-school fellowship for 2014-2015.
Bryce Harlow fellowships are awarded annually to exceptional graduate students who aspire to have careers in government relations and lobbying. Bryce Harlow Fellows attend graduate school part-time while working full-time in a variety of settings, including Capitol Hill, government agencies, lobbying firms and trade associations.
The 2014-15 class of twenty Fellows was chosen from nearly 80 applicants. The Fellows are pursuing graduate degrees such as law, business and public policy at Washington, D.C.-area schools including American University, the Catholic University of America, George Mason University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Virginia. The Foundation considers its Bryce Harlow Fellows to be the future of professional advocacy. The fellows must be committed to practicing advocacy with the highest level of integrity. In addition to an $8,000 award, Fellows are assigned mentors from the Foundation’s board of governors.
2014-15 Bryce Harlow Fellows
1. Doug Andres – Communications Director, Committee on Rules –U.S. House of Representatives
2. Matt Baker – Associate, Policy and Special Projects, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
3. Rudy Barry – Managing Director, Whitmer & Worrall
4. Samantha Bilotta – Director, Banner Public Affairs
5. Terry Camp – Legislative Correspondent, Senator Orrin Hatch
6. Logan Feree – Senior Legislative Assistant, Congressman Jared Huffman
7. Ashley Fingarson – Director of Legislative Affairs, AlliantGroup
8. Caroline Goncalves – Associate Director, Federal Advocacy, The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
9. Jordan Hess – Legislative Assistant, Senator Mike Lee
10. Skiffington Holderness – Staff Director, U.S. Senate Committee of Small Business & Entrepreneurship
11. Jeffrey Long – Legislative Assistant, Senator Richard Blumenthal
12. Carolyn Lowry – PAC and Communications Specialist, US Bancorp
13. Bryan Maxwell – Senior Legislative Assistant, Congressman Dan Maffel
14. Caitlin McHale – Executive Coordinator, Global Treasury, Mars Incorporated
15. Elizabeth Murphy – Senior Policy Associate, The Sheridan Group
16. Laurie Sussman – Government Relations Manager, Rockwell Collins
17. John Thirolf – Director of Regulatory Affairs, Enel Green Power North America
18. Camille Touton – Professional Staff, U.S. Department of Interior
19. Amy Wells – Manager, Development and Industry Research, National Beer Wholesalers Association
20. Trevor White – Registered Lobbyist Combest, Sell & Associates
About the Bryce Harlow Foundation
The Bryce Harlow Foundation was established in 1981 in honor of the late Bryce Harlow to promote integrity within the lobbying profession and to increase the understanding of its essential role in the development of sound public policy. Bryce Harlow, who served under four U.S. presidents, established the first White House Congressional Liaison Office and served as its director during the Eisenhower and Nixon administrations. For more information or to make a tax-deductible donation, please visit www.bryceharlow.org.
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