Jonathan Blyth Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Fort Mcnair

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Public Affairs OfficerServed as a unit member of PACEN located in Norfolk, Virginia and CHINFO located in the Pentagon, the Officer in Charge (OIC) of Navy Office of Information - East (NAVINFO) located in New York City, New York and the Executive Officer of Navy Public Affairs Support Element (NPASE) located Norfolk and the Admin Officer of Defense Media.

Pentagon

• Developed communication strategy to amplify office mission Branch, Legislative Branch and Military Service
• Responsible for external and internal communication
• Coordinate all media inquiries with OSD PA
• Coordinate all speaking engagements for principal SES

Washington, D, C

• Senior Advisor to Acting Administrator
• Responsible for the Congressional and Public Affairs outreach
• Review, develop, and implement polies and strategies for Job Corps
• Issues: COVID-19, distance learning and resuming on-campus training

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Advised the Director on pending legislation in the US Congress and developed strategic recommendations for policy
• Briefed Congressional staff and committees on the effects of proposed legislation on civil service rules and regulations
• Served as liaison to the US Congress on OPM policies and programs
• Guided Director-nominee through the US Senate confirmation process

Washington, D, C

• Served during the tenure of the 13th Director – Dale Cabaniss
• Principal and confidential advisor to the Director
• Coordinated Senior Leadership to implement Director’s strategic program
• Implemented study to determine long-term remediation of the IT system
• Discovered major problematic issues with the Retirement Service Call Center and initiated immediate mitigation program
• Hired three critical Office Head positions – HR, OPO & FSEM

Kabul, Afghanistan

* NATO Resolute Support Mission and Operation FREEDOM SENTINEL - four-star joint multi-national command * Planned 35 numerous multi-day, outside-the-wire, embeds with Afghan and international media outlets * Provided oversight to battle field circulations, media roundtables and key leader media engagements resulting in at more than one hundred distinct.

Fort Mcnair

• Led 72 joint public affairs officers and enlisted service members providing public affairs support for the Inauguration of the 45th Commander in Chief – President Donald J. Trump
• Oversees a communication strategy and outreach to highlight the military’s participation in the Inauguration which received almost a total of $10 million of media coverage on television, radio and in print
• More than 1300 photos, 112 videos, 115 featured stories and 49 featured audio from various interviews were done to fulfil the mission to historical document the Presidential Inauguration
• One social media video received more than 1 million views
• Principal spokesperson for Joint Task Force on all issues related to the Inauguration

Pentagon

United States House Of Representatives

• Member of the Appropriations Committee, Chairwoman State and Foreign Operations, and Vice Chair of the Defense Subcommittee
• Served as principal legislative advisor to nine-term Congresswoman
• Oversaw and implemented legislative initiatives
• Principal staffer for the Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-Science, Labor-Health and Human Services-Education, and Legislative Appropriations bills

Pentagon

• Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a new, high-speed, shallow draft, mission focused class of naval ships that penetrates contested littoral to address three major anti-access threats: swarming inshore attack boats, naval.
• Wrote the Secretary of the Navy’s Manning Report to Congress and authored numerous Flag Level editorials and speeches
• Coordinated two- and three-star Flag Level response to more than 100 Congressional inquiries
• Prepared Congressional testimony for the Director of Navy Staff for hearings in the House and Senate Armed Services Committees
• Briefed the Director of Surface Warfare, Director of Navy Staff, and senior LCS officers for numerous national media interviews
• Served as senior communications liaison for the U.S. Navy Chief of Information (CHINFO) to ensure messaging alignment

United States House Of Representatives

• Member of the Armed Services Committee and Small Business Committee
• Served as principal advisor to freshman Congressman
• Led overall operations and established processes and procedures
• Hired and managed 22 staff for the Capitol Hill and district offices
• Generated and oversaw legislative initiatives
• Directed press and communication outreach

Bureau Of Overseas Buildings Operations

• The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) directs the worldwide overseas building program for the Department of State with over 1000 employees and a $5 Billion budget. During 2001 to 2011, OBO constructed 74.
• Principal spokesperson for the Bureau and the Director
• Developed and implemented strategy for all media outreach and engagement, including press inquiries and interviews, and other communications with Bureau officials
• Facilitated publication of on-the-record quotes in local, national, and international publications including: The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Associated Press, International.

Bureau Of Overseas Buildings Operations

• Principal advisor to the Director on all issues relating to OBO
• Oversaw the development of the Bureau’s policy, political, and legislative strategies to execute the Director’s priorities
• Directed and implemented management and policy changes to OBO’s domestic and overseas operations
• Performed bureau-wide management/program support: planning, research, analysis, correspondence control, communication
• Planned, organized, and completed analytical studies for key agency program

Bureau Of Overseas Buildings Operations

• Advised the Director on all issues relating to Capitol Hill
• Directed the development and coordination of legislative initiatives including Appropriations requests in excess of $2 Billion
• Provided expertise in the review and evaluation of legislative proposals and Congressional actions
• Analyzed, planned and monitored pending/in-progress legislation and Congressional hearings

• Served as liaison to the House of Representatives on OPM policies and programs
• Advised the Director on effects of House legislative proposals and developed strategic recommendations for various scenarios
• Briefed House staff and committees on proposed legislation affecting civil service rules and regulations

United States House Of Representatives

• Vice Chairman of the Government Reform Committee, Member of the Judiciary and Banking and Financial Service Committee, Assistant Majority Whip
• Oversaw the development of all policy, political, and legislative initiatives
• Principal staffer during the Impeachment of President William J. Clinton
• Helped raise more than $6 million in two election cycles

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

United States Senate

• Chairman of the Labor and Human Resources Committee, Member of the Finance, Veterans’ Affairs, and Special Committee on Aging
• Monitored legislation for the budget and appropriations, budget reform, and reconciliation bills
• Oversaw legislative issues including science and technology, telecommunications, and small business
• Drafted legislation, floor statements, committee briefs, background information for mark-ups, and press releases

United States House Of Representatives

• Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure and Government Reform and Oversight Committees
• Established policy, procedures, operations and managed overall operations of the Capitol Hill and district offices of a freshman Member
• Monitored and made voting recommendations in 93 day legislation session during the Contract with America

United States House Of Representatives

• Member of the Natural Resources, Agriculture, Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee Member of the Natural Resources, Agriculture, Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
• Responsible for creating, designing and editing newsletters and town hall notices
• Designed, implemented and monitored the office mail systems

United States House Of Representatives

• Chief Deputy Republican Whip, Ranking Member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee
• Prepared Congressman’s response letters to constituents and other inquiries, answered an average 12,000 letters per year
• Responsible for constituents’ casework: completed over 1,200 cases

Washington Navy Yard

• Professional Development program for a managerial supervisory position with the Department of the Navy

Master Of Arts (M.A.), National Security And Strategic Studies

Master Of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Federal Legislative Management

Activities and Societies: Pi Alpha Alpha Public Administration Honor Society

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Government

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity - President Pennsylvania Eta Chapter Interfraternity Council - Chief Justice College.

High School Diploma

Education record