Lobbyists

Bio, via General Services Administration:

Jennings comes to GSA from Van Scoyoc Associates, a Washington, D.C. federal government relations firm, where she served as a legislative assistant. There, she supported client goals by utilizing existing relationships with members of Congress, their staffs, and federal agencies. Prior to that role, she served as Representative Mike Rogers’ (AL-3) junior legislative assistant and scheduler. She was responsible for all constituent calls, communications, and meetings dealing with Judiciary Committee matters, as well as researching current events and pending legislation for the congressman. Jennings holds a master of science in consumer sciences from the University of Alabama, and earned a bachelor of arts in political science from North Carolina State University.

Bio, via LinkedIn:

Matt Kellogg is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Banking and Finance in the Office of Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He is a graduate of Albany Law School in New York and is a member of the New York State Bar.

Bio, via Department of Education:

Khalil’s extensive career in government affairs spans more than 20 years in both the private and public sectors. Prior to her current appointment, Khalil was the Director of External Affairs for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), where she established the organization’s strategic external outreach efforts. Her work focused on expanding and establishing relations with key members of Congress and stakeholders in order to raise the visibility of the DNFSB mission of protecting the health and safety of the public and workers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) defense nuclear facilities. Khalil also served as Deputy Director of Governmental Affairs for Naval Reactors. Her work included legislative lead for Naval Reactors' DOE funded programs, where she counted the Columbia-class ballistic submarine and the Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Program among her areas of responsibilities. In the private sector, Khalil successfully represented clients before Congress on a variety of issues including funding for defense, information technology, and energy programs. She began her career on Capitol Hill serving as Legislative Director for two members of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations. During that time, she worked for then-chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Appropriations, Congressman Ron Packard, and later for Congresswoman Kay Granger. As legislative director, Khalil was responsible for guiding the development of the members’ legislative agenda, priorities and advising on key legislative and policy decisions. Khalil is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University in California where she earned a bachelor's degree in political science.

Bio, via Rural Telephone Finance Company via Internet Archive:

Laird previously worked as executive director of the American Trucking Associations'Agricultural and Food Transporters’ Conference, which focuses on agriculture, food and commodity transportation issues. Earlier in his career, he worked on the staff of Rep. Larry Combest (R-Texas), dealing with agriculture, trade and environmental policy. He then moved to a position on the professional staff of the House Agriculture Committee, where he worked on legislation related to agricultural conservation and credit issues