Libby Foley Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed the Congresswoman’s work on the House Committee on Appropriations; responsible for three of twelve subcommittees (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration; Energy & Water Development; State.
• Tracked legislative and regulatory activity within portfolio, including agriculture, global health and global food security, foreign affairs, water, energy, and trade; met and maintained relationships with relevant.
• Developed and moved legislative initiatives; introduced legislation and managed co-sponsor outreach, worked with relevant committee staff to move bills; coordinated with House and Senate offices, federal agencies, and.
• Handled responsibilities and leadership activities for three caucuses co-chaired by member, including the Global Health Caucus, International Conservation Caucus, and Friends of Norway Caucus
• Worked with federal agencies to arrange high-level meetings and establish relationships with key constituent groups
• Supported district office staff with policy and background information to prepare for meetings, roundtables, town hall events

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Developed and maintained relationships on Capitol Hill; analyzed legislation and advocated for EWG’s agriculture and food policy priorities; drafted Dear Colleagues, memos, and coalition sign-on letters; coordinated.
• Collaborated with communications, social media, and development teams, as well as outside consultants to ensure coordinated messaging of policy priorities at national level, prepared materials for current and potential.
• Coordinated all phases of four “fly-in” lobby days on Capitol Hill; scheduled and managed 100+ meetings for 30+ participants; organized and ran pre-briefings for participants; coordinated briefings for Hill staff and.
• Managed interns and assistant to government affairs team

• Assisted lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill, attended meetings, prepared leave-behind materials, organized staff briefings
• Scheduled and tracked more than 500 meetings on Capitol Hill surrounding the 2014 Farm Bill
• Assembled all data for Food Policy Action’s first National Food Policy Scorecard, edited final scorecard before release

• Executed administrative tasks and scheduling for EWG president and senior vice president of government affairs
• Managed daily office operations; answered all incoming calls, responded to general information emails from public, scheduled conference room and conference line calendars, handled petty cash, tracked all incoming.

• Assisted with constituent services; gave tours of U.S. Capitol, answered phones, sorted mail, drafted constituent mail
• Worked with legislative staff to research policy issues, attended relevant briefings, and prepared memos as needed

• Research Congressmen relevant to League's cause, write up reports to assist in meeting strategy, put together materials to go up to Capitol Hill for information drops at different Congressional offices
• Send out emails to Congressional staffers, attend Congressional hearings, write up reports to give to the entire office
• Provided support in planning gala held by the League and attended by many members of Congress

• Draft letters to constituents, answer phones, sort mail, assist with general office management
• Attend committee hearings, write up summary briefs, research for legislative staff

• Processed and analyzed data on toxic chemicals in landfills and wastewater treatment plants
• Entered data into Microsoft Excel and created numerous charts to visually represent data
• Bound all research, charts and findings into a binder for Geneva City Council to guide delegations regarding landfill runoff and wastewater treatment

• Researched, organized and critiqued academic work on the global geographies of garbage in connection with a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation
• Reviewed work from political, economic and social levels
• Built a bibliography database of all relevant information

B.A., Environmental Studies, Political Science, Geoscience

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