EPA

Bio, via Washington State Republican Caucus:

Born and raised in Whatcom County, Doug Ericksen has been bringing hometown values and solutions to Olympia since 1998. After serving six terms in the House, he was elected to the Senate in 2010. Senator Ericksen represents Whatcom County’s 42nd District, from Bellingham to the Canadian border. Senator Ericksen is ranking minority member on the Senate Energy, Environment and Technology Committee. He also serves on the Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee. His legislative priorities include providing solutions to keep energy prices low, create jobs and enhance our quality of life. Doug received a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a master’s from Western Washington University. He and his wife Tasha, a high-school teacher, are raising their two daughters in Ferndale.

Bio, via Office of U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch:

Freire joins Hatch’s staff after two years of serving as Communications Director and Speechwriter for U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo of the 4th District of Kansas. He previously worked as a Senior Communications Strategist in crisis communications, campaigns, and corporate defense for New Media Strategies following nearly eight years as an award-winning conservative journalist, including turns as Associate Editorial Page Editor at the Washington Examiner, Managing Editor at the American Spectator, and Researcher/Writer at the New York Times. In 2009 he was honored as CPAC’s Journalist of the Year. Freire holds a B.A. in English from Cornell University, where he also served as senior editor of the Cornell Review.

Bio, via Florida State University:

From the Governor’s office, Graham went on to work as a spokesperson at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for nearly three years while taking evening classes at FSU to earn her Master’s in Applied American Policy and Politics. After serving as Florida’s lead spokesperson following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010, Graham was offered a position working on then Governor-elect Rick Scott’s transition team. Once he was sworn in, she worked for him full-time as his traveling press secretary and deputy communications director. After working in Tallahassee for so long, Graham decided to make the move to Boston in 2012 after being asked to work on presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign. She managed media appearances for Governor Romney and the campaign’s surrogates. Following the campaign, Graham moved again to Washington, D.C. to work for Florida Congressman Ron DeSantis and then for a D.C.-based public relations firm. She got the campaign bug again in 2014 and joined the communications team for then Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito in West Virginia. Today, Graham lives and works in D.C. as Senator Capito’s deputy communications director. Graham works to help the Senator’s voice be effectively communicated to the media and to constituents in West Virginia. She ensures that messages get out to the press, plans events and helps advance important pieces of legislation.

Bio, via U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Italy:

Prior to joining EPA, Ms. Greenwalt served in the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office under then-Attorney General Scott Pruitt in several capacities. First, joining the agency as an Assistant Solicitor General she defended the constitutionality of state statutes before federal and state district and appellate courts on a wide-range of high-profile state and federal constitutional issues. Under Attorney General Pruitt’s leadership, the Solicitor General’s unit challenged an overreaching federal government as a commitment to protecting and defending the Constitution’s guarantee of federalism. After serving as an Assistant Solicitor General, Ms. Greenwalt was selected to serve first as Deputy General Counsel, and then as General Counsel to then-Attorney General Pruitt. In that capacity she provided legal counsel to the Attorney General, members of the Legislature, agency directors, and the Governor’s office on a host of state issues.