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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 18, 2021 A former health-care lobbyist is back to the Hill, one of several moves in Sen. Amy Klobuchar's (D-Minn.) tumultuous office. Ruth McDonald is now a senior policy adviser handling the senator's health-care portfolio. She was most recently vice president of Waxman Strategies and lobbied on health-care issues. McDonald has also worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and for Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.). The hire is one of several recent moves in the Klobuchar's office, which has the highest staff turnover rate in recent Senate history. Klobuchar recently lost chief of staff Lindsey Kerr to the Messina Group, a political consulting firm. Doug Calidas, preciously Klobuchar's legislative director, has taken Kerr's place. Another Klobuchar staffer, April Jones, left for Apple's public-affairs team this month. Some people and organizations who "caught our eye" last week:Hill Hires - Halie Craig, Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Policy Adviser
- Jack Beyrer, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), Deputy Press Secretary
- Nathalia Ortega, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Legislative Assistant
Hill Departures - Justin Livesey, formerly Legislative Aide to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)
(now Senior Associate at Venn Strategies) - Caroline Kehrli, formerly Clerk to House Armed Services Committee
(now Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager at HawkEye 360) - Jan Edwards Singelmann, formerly Counsel to Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
(now Chief of Staff at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
Hill Moves and Promotions - Kristine Nichols, now Scheduler for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO)
(formerly Scheduler to Rep. Young Kim (R-CA)) - LaTreshia Hamilton, now Legislative Counsel for Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA)
(formerly Legal Fellow to Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN))
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