Barack Obama's foundation is set to host a forum that will promote the executive director of a non-profit that spent millions funding election offices in 2020.
Congresswoman-elect Lauren Boebert has tapped Trump administration officials and staff members for Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., for senior positions in her office.
Jeff Small, a presidential appointee currently serving as a senior adviser to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, will be Boebertâs chief of staff, according to a news release from Boebert this week.
Paige Agostin, a presidential appointee currently serving in Vice President Mike Penceâs office as associate director for domestic policy, will be Boebertâs legislative director. Clarice Navarro, a former Colorado state lawmaker appointed by the Trump administration in 2017 as Colorado executive director for the Department of Agricultureâs Farm Service Agency, has been selected Boebertâs district director.
Congresswoman-elect appoints outgoing Trump, Gardner staff
December 23, 2020 GMT
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) Congresswoman-elect Lauren Boebert of Colorado has appointed Trump administration officials and staffers for outgoing Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner to top positions in her office.
Jeff Small, current senior adviser to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, will be Boebert’s chief of staff, the Daily Sentinel reported Wednesday.
Paige Agostin will be Boebert’s legislative director. She is currently associate director of domestic policy in Vice President Mike Pence’s office. Clarice Navarro, who was appointed by the Trump administration to be Colorado executive director for the Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency, has been selected as Boebert’s district director.
Lauren Boebert, representative-elect for the 3rd Congressional District, has announced her senior staff members.
⢠Jeff Small, chief of staff: Small is a presidential appointee currently serving as senior adviser to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary (and Rifle, Colorado, native) David Bernhardt. Jeff serves as a senior official on federal land, water, and energy matters. He manages relationships with governors and other elected officials in 11 western states as well as national and local external organizations. Jeff was instrumental in relocating the Bureau of Land Managementâs headquarters to Grand Junction, was a key contributor to the Administrationâs NEPA reforms, and established a western water and agriculture users working group.