I don’t think that I mentioned last week that I have made some changes to the office staff. After Brian Turk, my former Chief of Staff, left at the end of July, I decided to take a hard look at how the office was running and not make any decisions about replacing that position until I knew what I wanted. Last Monday was the first day for my new Chief of Staff, Jason High. Jason has been with me through my campaign and in the Senate. He was originally my Legislative Director and has the expanded responsibility of managing the entire office operation. Michele Adams from my staff will assist Jason with administrative duties including system wide issues such as constituent correspondence, filing systems, newspaper dissemination and other day to day problems facing the office staff. These duties will be on top of her role as Economic Development and Transportation Specialist. The new addition to the staff is Austin O’Neill who joins our team as the Communications and Policy Director and is based in Harrisburg. Austin was a former radio reporter for WRTA in Altoona where she covered me as a County Commissioner. She then worked for a couple of major news stations in Washington, D.C. Austin will be the primary media contact and will assist Jason with policy matters in Harrisburg. She will attend committee meetings and hearings in my absence and will work with Jason and I on legislation. These new changes and one new face will help us do a better job for the people of the district and Pennsylvania.
- John
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