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\nThis afternoon Senator-elect Doug Jones (D-AL) announced Dana Gresham as his chief of staff.
\nIn selecting Mr. Gresham, Senator-elect Jones will have the only African American chief of staff in the Senate’s Democratic caucus.
\nAlthough African Americans account for 23% of Democratic voters, before this announcement they accounted for just 1% of top Democratic Senate staff, both of whom are legislative directors (Clint Odom in Senator Harris\u2019s office and Roscoe Jones in Senator Feinstein\u2019s office).<\/p>\n

The two other Black chiefs of staff in the U.S. Senate both work for Republicans\u2014Jennifer DeCasper in the office of Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and Brennan Britton in the office of Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS).
\nThe following is a statement by Don Bell, the Director of the Black Talent Initiative at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
\n“The Joint Center commends Senator-elect Jones for his leadership and commitment to diversity. This is an important moment in the movement to make the Senate truly representative of all Americans. The Joint Center looks forward to continuing to work with Senator-elect Jones as he makes diversity a priority in building the rest of his staff.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Key Resources
\nClick\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for a link to the full Joint Center fact sheet on diversity among top U.S. Senate staff.
\nClick here<\/strong><\/a> for a tweet from Doug Jones announcing his new chief of staff.
\nClick here<\/strong><\/a> for Dana Gresham’s full Linkedin profile.
\nClick here<\/a> for an Obama Administration post by Mr. Gresham.
\nDaniel Strauss, “Doug Jones hires African-American chief of staff,” Politico<\/a>, Jan. 2, 2018.<\/p>\n

Seth McLaughlin, “Doug Jones selects Dana Gresham, a black man,” for chief of staff, The Washington Times<\/a>, Jan. 2, 2018.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Elizalde, “Doug Jones selects black ex-Obama official as chief of staff”, New York Daily News<\/a>, Jan. 2, 2018.
\nDavid Caplan, ” Doug Jones hires Senate Democrats’ only African- American chief of staff”, ABC News<\/a>, Jan. 3, 2018.
\nBruce C.T Wright, ” Doug Jones Makes Key Hire As Senate’s Top Staffs Struggle With Diversity”, News One<\/a>, Jan. 2, 2018.
\nDavid Weigel, ” Alabama Sen.-elect Doug Jones picks an African American for chief of staff”,\u00a0The Washington Post<\/a>, Jan. 2, 2018.<\/p>\n

Lisa Hagen, ” Doug Jones to become only Dem senator with a black chief of staff”, The Hill<\/a>,\u00a0Jan. 2, 2018.<\/p>\n

Hanno van der Bijl, ” Doug Jones hires Alabamians for key senior staff positions”, Birmingham Business Journal<\/a>, Jan. 2, 2018.
\nPaula Rogo, “Doug Jones Appoints The Only Black Chief Of Staff For Senate Democrats With Dana Gresham”, Essence<\/a>, Jan. 4, 2018.<\/p>\n

Mashaun D. Simon, ” Five things about Dana Gresham, Senate Democrats’ only black chief of staff”,\u00a0NBC News<\/a>, Jan. 3, 2018.
\nLauren Victoria Burke, “Doug Jones Hired Dana Gresham, Who Will Soon Be the Senate’s Only Black Chief of Staff”, Politic365<\/a>, Jan. 3, 2018.
\nLiz Lane, “Doug Jones Becomes Only Democratic Senator With a Black Chief of Staff”, \u00a0NBC Philadelphia<\/a>, Jan. 3, 2018.
\nFrederick H. Lowe, ” The Big pay Back: U.S Senator-elect, Doug Jones Hires a Black Chief of Staff”, Jacksonville Free Press<\/a>, Jan. 5, 2018.
\nBankole Thompson, ” Alabama Sen. Doug Jones teaches Dems inclusion”, The Detroit News<\/a>, Jan. 7, 2018.
\nMedia Contact
\nBETEL HAILU
\nDigital Media Associate
\nbetel@jointcenter.org<\/p>\n

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is a non-partisan, non-profit public policy organization that supports elected officials and policy experts who serve communities of color across the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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