Julie E. Adams

Julie E. Adams
33rd Secretary of the United States Senate
Assumed office
January 5, 2015
Preceded by Nancy Erickson

Julie E. Adams is the current Secretary of the United States Senate.[1] She began her term as the 33rd Secretary on January 6, 2015 in the 114th Congress. Adams is the seventh woman to hold the position.[2][3]

Julie took a break from working toward obtaining a teaching certificate after graduating from Luther in 1999 to help run Rep. James Leach’s (R-Iowa) congressional campaign. When Leach won re-election, she went to Washington, D.C., where she served for 17 months as an aide to First Lady Laura Bush before joining the staff of then-Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) as deputy communications director in 2003. From September 2007 to January 2009, Ms. Adams worked at the White House as a spokesperson for First Lady Laura Bush. Ms. Adams also served as director of administration and member relations for Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, a post she held for six years. Adams, a native of Iowa City, Iowa, received her undergraduate degree in political science from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa in 1999. She also earned a master’s degree in education from the University of Iowa in 2002.

References

  1. "U.S. Senate: Julie E Adams". US Senate. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  2. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2014/12/08/secretary-senate-julie-adams/20115869/
  3. http://www.senate.gov/reference/common/person/julie_adams.htm
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