Weston Ricks Email & Phone Number

Bethesda, Md

Provo, Utah Area

• Coordinate, edit, and write Congressional Appropriations Committee Reports on high priority topics of interest to Congress and constituent advocacy groups.• Monitor and evaluate execution of operating budgets totaling nearly $380 million• Collect/forecast/report agency research funding for science areas of congressional interest.• Liaison to agency legislative, science planning, and press offices. • Routinely interface with Congressional Research Services and congressional staff, advocacy groups, reporters, and constituents regarding NCI research funding and activities.

Managed constituent casework, facilitated access to clinical trials information and research. Coordinated responses to congressional inquiries regarding agency policies and activities

Crafted speeches for the Congressman to deliver as part of the Congressional Record, often quoted in local papers.Represented the Congressman in interest group meetings and in federal agency briefings.Interfaced with the public via telephone and in person on current and sometimes controversial political issues, as well as educating tour groups on the history and role of the U.S. Congress.

M.B.A., Mba Fellows Program

B.A., International Politics