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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

Assistant Vice President
Jakara Eason is an assistant vice president with Venn, specializing in multi-platform stakeholder initiatives and grassroots initiatives. Prior to joining…

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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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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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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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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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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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Niaz Siasi

Senior Programs Manager
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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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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Peter Fawley

Senior Associate
Peter Fawley is a senior associate. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for a D.C. based government relations firm…

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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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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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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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Carly Good

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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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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Samantha Campbell

Associate
Samantha Campbell is an associate. Prior to joining the firm, she served in the Office of Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)…

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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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Joshua Greene

Associate
Josh Greene is an associate. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for the North Carolina Democratic Party, as well…

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Samantha Kane Jimenez

Associate
Samantha Kane Jimènez is an associate who joined the firm from her position as a program coordinator for the Wilson Center Mexico…

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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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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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Kate Rice

Associate
Kate is an associate with the firm’s tax and financial services practice. Prior to joining the firm, she was on…

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Kyle Amitay

Client Services 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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Chandler Kircher

Client Services Associate
Chandler Kircher is a client services associate. Prior to joining Venn, she was a canvasser for OXFAM America and a…

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Teagan Poleykett

Client Services Associate
Teagan Poleykett is a client services associate. Prior to joining the firm, she was a research assistant for the Eleanor…

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Tyler Lazenby

Client Services 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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Jacob Petote

Client Services Associate
Jacob Petote is a client services associate with the firm. Prior to joining the firm, he was a field organizer…

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