Former Government and Related Experience
White House
- Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary
- Director of Legislative Affairs and Deputy Counsel
- Senior Advisor to White House National Economic Adviser
- Director of Press Office Operations
- Staff Assistant for press relations in the Office of the Vice President
Executive Departments, Agencies, Boards and Commissions
- Department of Justice, Senior Advisor to the U.S. Attorney General
- Department of Justice, Associate Deputy Attorney General
- Department of Justice, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs
- Department of Justice, Primary Liaison with the White House Domestic Policy Council
- Federal Trade Commission, Senior Trial Attorney
- Central Intelligence Agency, Assistant General Counsel
- Department of State, Special Assistant to the Legal Adviser
- National Commission on Terrorism, Executive Director
- Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Executive Director
- Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, Member
- Defense Policy Board, Secretary
U.S. Congress
- U.S. Senator
- Chief Counsel and Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
- Deputy Staff Director and general counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- Counsel, U.S. House Appropriations Committee
- Minority Staff Director of the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, as well as the Governmental Affairs Committee
- Staff member for two U.S. Senators
States and Cities
- Governor of New Hampshire
- Attorney General of New Hampshire
- Governor of California
- Mayor of San Diego
- District Attorney
- Senior Counsel to Governor
- Deputy Attorney General for California
- Chief of Attorney General’s Public Protection Bureau (Consumer, Antitrust)
- Assistant Attorney General
- State Legislator
- Director of the Governor’s Office on Planning and Research (OPR)
- Deputy Chief of Staff and Press Secretary
National Organizations of State and Local Officials
- Executive Director of the Conference of Western Attorneys General
- Consumer Protection Project Director and Chief Counsel at the National Association of Attorneys General
- Chairman emeritus of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s private sector Board of Directors
Private Sector
- Managing Director of a government relations consulting firm providing strategic, public policy and communications advice
- Director of Public Policy for the American Society for Training and Development
- Key member of the Verizon and former GTE federal and state governmental affairs advocacy