Minority Staff

Administrative Staff

Kelly Broughan, Staff Assistant

John D'Elia, Staff Assistant

Tylease Fitzgerald-Alli, Hearing Clerk, Intern/Fellow Coordinator

Liz Hollis, Special Assistant to the Staff Director

Dray Thorne, Director of Information Technology

Communications Staff

Aaron Albright, Deputy Communications Director

Tiffany Edwards, Press Secretary - Education

Brian Levin, New Media Press Assistant

Education Staff

Daniel Brown, Policy Associate

Jamie Fasteau, Deputy Director of Education Policy

Ruth Friedman, Director of Education Policy

Kara Marchione, Senior Education Policy Advisor

Laura Schifter, Senior Education and Disability Advisor

Labor Staff 

Livia Lam, Senior Labor Policy Advisor

Celine McNicholas, Senior Labor Counsel

Richard D. Miller, Senior Labor Policy Advisor

Michele Varnhagen, Chief Policy Advisor/Labor Policy Director
Employee Benefits, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Equal Pay Act, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Health Care Issues, Pensions, Social Security (select topics), Unemployment Insurance, and Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

Oversight Staff

Kathryn Ahlgren, Investigative Counsel