Our Team

Stephanie E. Silverman

Chief Executive Officer
Stephanie Silverman is the founder and chief executive officer. Stephanie’s practice focuses on working with clients, largely in the areas…

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Erik Olson

Principal and Chief Operating Officer
Erik Olson is principal and chief operating officer of the firm and is the critical infrastructure group co-chair. He previously…

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Melissa Francis

Principal and Tax & Financial Services Group Chair
Melissa Francis is a principal and tax & financial services group chair, where she leads the firm’s Tax and Financial…

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Elizabeth Lee

Principal and Health Care Group Chair
Elizabeth Lee is a principal and health care group chair, where she leads the firm’s Healthcare Team. She has dedicated…

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Noelle Montaño

Principal
Noelle Montaño is a principal  and executive director of the Employee-Owned S Corporations of America. Over her 20 years at…

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Emilia DiSanto

Executive Vice President
Emilia DiSanto is an executive vice president who brings a wealth of experience from more than three decades in federal…

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Samuel Goodstein

Executive Vice President
Sam Goodstein is an executive vice president, bringing nearly two decades of experience at the highest levels of the Senate.…

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Jon Pyatt

Executive Vice President
Jon Pyatt is an executive vice president. He brings to the firm more than two decades of policy and political…

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Ben Steinberg

Executive Vice President and Critical Infrastructure Group Co-Chair
Ben Steinberg is an executive vice president and co-chair of the firm’s critical infrastructure group. Prior to joining Venn, he…

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Kevin Dowling

Senior Vice President
Kevin Dowling is a senior vice president and part of the firm’s tax & financial services group. Prior to joining…

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Christopher Fox

Senior Vice President
Chris Fox is a senior vice president. Prior to joining Venn, Chris worked as an Assistant Field Director for various…

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Kate Marks

Senior Vice President
Kate Marks is a senior vice president in the firm’s critical infrastructure practice. A key Department of Energy (DOE) official…

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Matt Pearce

Senior Vice President
Matt Pearce is a senior vice president, where he focuses on tax/retirement policy as well as energy and infrastructure policy.…

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Bennett Resnik

Senior Vice President
Bennett Resnik is a senior vice president of the firms critical infrastructure team, leading work for key clients on Capitol…

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Michael Spira

Senior Vice President
Michael S. Spira is a senior vice president. Prior to joining Venn, Michael worked as a senior lobbyist for the…

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Shanta Whitaker

Senior Vice President
Shanta Whitaker is a senior vice president in the health policy group. Shanta joined Venn from her position at LMI…

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Emma Bishop

Vice President
Emma Bishop is a vice president. Prior to joining Venn, she worked in the policy office of the renewable energy…

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Kristen Constantine

Vice President
Kristen Constantine is a Vice president, bringing more than a decade of Medicare and Medicaid policy expertise to population health…

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Kelly Ferguson

Vice President
Kelly Ferguson is a vice president, working with the firm’s health care clients on policy development, advocacy, and coalition management…

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Margaret French

Vice President
Margaret French is a vice president and health policy expert.  Prior to joining Venn, she was a senior member of the government…

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Doug MacGillivray

Vice President
Doug MacGillivray is a vice president within the critical infrastructure group.  Prior to joining the firm, Doug served as Director…

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Claire Onyechi

Vice President
Claire Onyechi is a vice president. Prior to Venn she held a position as an Associate Director for the Democratic…

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John Richter

Vice President
John Richter is a vice president with the firm’s health team on policy development and advocacy. Prior to joining Venn,…

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Matt Scott

Vice President
Matt Scott is a vice president who previously served as senior legislative aide to Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY), a member…

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Michelle Seger

Vice President
Michelle Seger is a vice president. Prior to joining the firm, Michelle was Legislative Counsel for Congressman Alex Mooney (R-WV),…

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Andy Sigmon

Vice President
Andy Sigmon is a vice president of our firm’s critical infrastructure group. Prior to joining the firm, Andy served as…

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Elise Tollefson

Vice President
Elise Tollefson is a vice president in both the firm’s Tax & Financial Services and Health Practices. Prior to joining…

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Diandra Brennan

Assistant Vice President
Diandra Brennan is an assistant vice president. Prior to joining Venn, she worked with Seven Twenty Strategies. She also spent…

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Jakara Eason

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Chair and Assistant Vice President
Jakara Eason serves as the Chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. She is also an assistant vice president,…

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Justin Livesey

Assistant Vice President
Justin Livesey is an assistant vice president. Prior to joining the firm, he served multiple roles in the office of…

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Niaz Siasi

Assistant Vice President
Niaz Siasi is a senior events manager, handling conferences, symposia and other similar policy programming and the firm’s Washington fly-in…

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Basil Kondos

Director of Finance
Basil Kondos is the director of finance. He’s responsible for the firm’s finance and benefit functions.  Prior to joining Venn,…

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Ruth Richards

Senior Executive Assistant
Ruth Richards is a senior executive assistant, aiding the chief executive officer and chief operating officer. Prior to joining Venn,…

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Renee Carter-White

Senior Manager of Operations
Renee Carter-White is the Senior Manager of Operations. Prior to joining Venn, Renee was the corporate office manager for MHM…

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Allison Everton

Senior Associate
Allison Everton is a senior associate. Prior to joining the firm, she was an aide to Rep. Stephanie Murphy’s (D-FL),…

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Carly Good

Senior Associate
Carly Good is an associate in the firm’s critical infrastructure team, where she brings her expertise from her previous role…

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Garrett Lukken

Senior Associate
Garret Lukken is a senior associate. He joined the firm following a long stint on the staff of Congressman Ed…

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Kelsey Stapp

Senior Associate
Kelsey Stapp is a senior associate. Prior to joining Venn, she worked at the Harris County Texas Republican Party. Kelsey…

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Buck Tharrington

Senior Associate
Buck Tharrington is a senior associate. Prior to joining the firm, he served in the Office of Representative George Holding…

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Kyle Amitay

Associate
Kyle Amitay is a client services associate. Prior to joining Venn, he worked in voter engagement outreach for a presidential…

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Tyler Lazenby

Associate
Tyler Lazenby is a client services associate. Prior to joining Venn, he was a Legislative Aide to a member of…

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Dominic Levings

Associate
Dominic Levings is an associate in the firm’s Critical Infrastructure Practice. Prior to joining Venn, he was the senior communications…

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Ellyn Needel

Associate
Ellyn Needel is an associate. Prior to joining the firm, she served on the staff of the American Beverage Association…

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Arianna Palmer

Programs & Events Associate
Arianna Palmer is a programs and events associate who supports the firm’s work planning and orchestrating conferences, symposia and policy programming.…

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Teagan Poleykett

Associate
Teagan Poleykett is an associate. Prior to joining the firm, she was a research assistant for the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers…

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Preeyanka Rao

Associate
Preeyanka Rao is an associate. Prior to joining the firm, she worked as a researcher, evaluating medication therapy management (MTM)…

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Malik Ross

Associate
Malik Ross is an associate with the firm’s healthcare practice. Prior to joining the firm, he was a health policy…

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Emily Sabrosky

Programs & Events Associate
Emily Sabrosky is a programs & events associate. Prior to joining Venn, she was a public relations & events specialist…

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Noah Schloegel

Associate
Noah Schloegel is an associate in the firm’s Tax and Financial Services practice.  He joined Venn from the Department of…

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Macrae Sharp

Associate
Macrae Sharp is an associate. Prior to joining the firm, she worked in the Office of then-Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA),…

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Charlie Lemke-Bell

Client Services Associate
Charlie Lemke-Bell, a former Rangel Scholar, is a client services associate at the firm, and brings to Venn his experience…

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Nadia Forougi

Client Services Associate
Nadia Forougi is a client services associate. Prior to joining Venn, she served on the staff of the Texas Christian…

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Adrienne Hallums

Client Service Associate
Adrienne Hallums is a client services associate with the firm’s operation team. Prior to joining Venn, she was a compliance…

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Kiya Jenkins

Administrative Assistant
Kiya Jenkins is an administrative assistant. She has a background in visual arts as well as admin and executive assisting.…

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Isabella Nielsen

Client Services Associate
Isabella Nielsen is a client services associate. Prior to joining the firm, she held internships with the National Association of Insurance…

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Rachel Pratt

Client Services Associate
Rachel Pratt is a client services associate who joined Venn after serving on the staff of Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO), a member…

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Audrey Sims

Client Services Associate
Audrey Sims is a client services associate supporting the work of the Employee-Owned S Corporation Association. Prior to joining Venn,…

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