Assistant Security
Resume:
STEPHANIE G. KALMBACH
CIRRICULUM VITAE
CURRENT ADDRESS:
Apartment 816
Indianapolis, IN 46204
CONTACT:
Email – **********@*****.***
Phone – 219-***-****
WORK EXPERIENCE
The Office of Peter J. Visclosky October 2007 – June 2012
Senior Legislative Assistant, February 2010 – June 2012
• Daily management of legislative staff; including assignment of issue areas, delegation of projects, editing of all out-going constituent correspondence, mass and direct mailings, press releases, newsletters, and social media postings.
• Composed constituent correspondence, memoranda, floor statements, talking points, testimony, and questions for the record for Congressman Visclosky on assigned issue areas.
• Worked closely with Communications staff to forward office message and increase social media presence; develop new ideas for direct and mass mailers, electronic newsletters, and press releases.
• Initiate new projects to drive office message.
• Assist in the hiring, firing, and training of legislative staff.
• Assigned issue areas have included Health, Medicare, Medicaid, Government, Defense, Foreign Affairs, Environment, Social Security/Seniors, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs.
Defense Appropriations Associate, March 2011 – June 2012
Top Secret Security Clearance
• Responsibilities include attendance of all Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearings; preparation of statements and questions for the record; meetings with defense industry and interest groups; monitoring the progress of funding levels for accounts of interest, and close work with Subcommittee staff.
• Travel as required.
• Previously duties as associate staff for Subcommittees of the House Committee on Appropriations: Commerce, Justice, and Science, Labor, Health and Humans Services, and Education, Homeland Security, and State and Foreign Operations, MilCon/VA.
Legislative Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, August 2008 – February 2010
• Composition of constituent correspondence, memoranda, floor statements, talking points, and testimony for Member of Congress on assigned issue areas.
• Assigned issue areas have included Health, Medicare, Medicaid, Government, Defense, Foreign Affairs, Environment, Social Security/Seniors, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs.
Federal Caseworker, October 2007 – July 2008
• Liaison between federal agencies and constituents to provide assistance, focus on Social Security Disability, Department of Veterans’ Affairs, and Medicare claims.
• Provides general office support, including answering phones and greeting constituents and other office visitors.
EDUCATION
DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
B.A., Political Science – August 2007 GPA: 3.30 • Minors in History & Sociology
Relevant Coursework: Political Theory • Comparative Politics • Political Parties & Elections
American Political System • Modern Political Thought
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