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“Jody has been a tireless, passionate and effective champion for America’s workers and families,” Miller said. “He has played a key role in making our labor laws fairer for workers, helping enact laws that boosted the minimum wage for the first time in a decade and help workers fight back against pay discrimination. I am delighted to promote Jody to General Counsel and am confident that he will continue to be a leading force for leveling the playing field for workers and creating an economy that works for everyone again.”
Miller also announced that Therese Leung and Celine McNicholas have joined his committee staff.
“Therese and Celine bring an impressive depth of knowledge and experience to the table,” Miller continued. “Their expertise will be tremendously valuable to our committee as we continue working to rebuild and strengthen our nation’s middle class.”
Calemine first joined the committee’s staff in 2003, as the Democratic counsel for U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ), on the Subcommittee for Employer-Employee Relations. He later became the labor counsel for the full committee and was named deputy director of labor policy in January 2007. He was the lead staffer on the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, which raised the minimum wage for the first time in a decade, and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which restores workers’ rights to challenge discriminatory paychecks.
Calemine, a labor and employment lawyer, previously served as a Headquarters Counsel for the Communications Workers of America and as an Associate Counsel at Zwerdling, Paul, Leibig, Kahn & Wolly. He received both his law degree and his Bachelor of the Arts from the University of Virginia.
Leung joins the committee as a Labor Policy Advisor. She holds a Bachelor of the Arts from Wellesley College, a Masters of Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a doctorate degree from Harvard where she studied labor market and wage inequality. She has previously worked as a management consultant for L.E.K. Consulting and a fiscal policy analyst for the Office of Management and Budget. While at the committee, her responsibilities include retirement security and health care policy.
McNicholas joins the committee as an Associate Labor Counsel. She previously served as a Legislative Assistant for U.S. Rep. Nikki Tsongas (D-MA) and as Acting Legislative Director and Legislative Assistant for U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA). She also worked as an Associate concentrating on labor and employment law at O’Mara Ezold, P.C., as a Judicial Clerk for the Chester County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania, and as a Legal Advocate for the Domestic Abuse Project. She holds a Bachelor of the Arts from Mount Holyoke College, and a law degree from Villanova University School of Law.
Chairman Miller Promotes Jody Calemine to General Counsel for House Education and Labor Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, today announced that Jody Calemine, a longtime committee aide and currently its Deputy Director of Labor Policy, will be promoted to General Counsel for labor issues. He replaces Brian Kennedy, who recently was nominated to be Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor. Calemine will be one of two General Counsels for the committee; Stephanie Moore serves as the General Counsel for education.“Jody has been a tireless, passionate and effective champion for America’s workers and families,” Miller said. “He has played a key role in making our labor laws fairer for workers, helping enact laws that boosted the minimum wage for the first time in a decade and help workers fight back against pay discrimination. I am delighted to promote Jody to General Counsel and am confident that he will continue to be a leading force for leveling the playing field for workers and creating an economy that works for everyone again.”
Miller also announced that Therese Leung and Celine McNicholas have joined his committee staff.
“Therese and Celine bring an impressive depth of knowledge and experience to the table,” Miller continued. “Their expertise will be tremendously valuable to our committee as we continue working to rebuild and strengthen our nation’s middle class.”
Calemine first joined the committee’s staff in 2003, as the Democratic counsel for U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ), on the Subcommittee for Employer-Employee Relations. He later became the labor counsel for the full committee and was named deputy director of labor policy in January 2007. He was the lead staffer on the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, which raised the minimum wage for the first time in a decade, and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which restores workers’ rights to challenge discriminatory paychecks.
Calemine, a labor and employment lawyer, previously served as a Headquarters Counsel for the Communications Workers of America and as an Associate Counsel at Zwerdling, Paul, Leibig, Kahn & Wolly. He received both his law degree and his Bachelor of the Arts from the University of Virginia.
Leung joins the committee as a Labor Policy Advisor. She holds a Bachelor of the Arts from Wellesley College, a Masters of Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a doctorate degree from Harvard where she studied labor market and wage inequality. She has previously worked as a management consultant for L.E.K. Consulting and a fiscal policy analyst for the Office of Management and Budget. While at the committee, her responsibilities include retirement security and health care policy.
McNicholas joins the committee as an Associate Labor Counsel. She previously served as a Legislative Assistant for U.S. Rep. Nikki Tsongas (D-MA) and as Acting Legislative Director and Legislative Assistant for U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA). She also worked as an Associate concentrating on labor and employment law at O’Mara Ezold, P.C., as a Judicial Clerk for the Chester County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania, and as a Legal Advocate for the Domestic Abuse Project. She holds a Bachelor of the Arts from Mount Holyoke College, and a law degree from Villanova University School of Law.
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