The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance's Advisory Committee is honored to host a round-table discussion with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY). Lunch will be served. Members of the Advisory Committee get to hear from distinguished local and national speakers throughout the year. Typically, the Advisory Committee hosts four events a year. This event will be held in downtown Boston and the location will be provided upon RSVP. The suggested contribution for this event is an Advisory Committee membership. If you are a member of the Advisory Committee, or would like to become a member, and RSVP to this event, please contact Anne Bresnahan by clicking here.
ELISE STEFANIK, CONGRESSWOMAN FROM NEW YORK
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik proudly represents New York's 21st District in the House of Representatives in her second term in office. She is a Member of the Armed Services Committee, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. On the Armed Services Committee, Congresswoman Stefanik serves as Chair for the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities and is a Member of the Subcommittee on Readiness. On the Committee on Education and the Workforce, she serves on the Subcommittees on Higher Education and Workforce Development and Workforce Protections. Additionally, she serves as Chair of the House Republican Policy Committee’s Millennial Task Force.
Congresswoman Stefanik, until recently, was the youngest woman ever elected to Congress in United States history.
Prior to winning her election to Congress, Congresswoman Stefanik worked at her family's small business called Premium Plywood Products that was founded in Upstate New York over twenty years ago. Growing up in her family's small business, she learned, lived and understands the values of hard work, perseverance, challenges, and risk that go along with building, operating and growing small businesses that provide jobs in today's Upstate economy.
Congresswoman Stefanik served as Director of Vice-Presidential Debate Prep to Paul Ryan where she oversaw all debate preparations for the Republican Vice Presidential nominee. She served as Director of Communications for the Foreign Policy Initiative, which launched Defending Defense, a coalition of think tanks warning of the dangers of the sequester.
From 2006 - 2009, Congresswoman Stefanik served in the West Wing of the White House as part of President George W. Bush's Domestic Policy Council Staff and in the Chief of Staff's office where she assisted in overseeing the policy development process on all economic and domestic policy issues.
As the first member of her immediate family to graduate from college, Congresswoman Stefanik graduated with Honors from Harvard University. She currently serves on the Senior Advisory Committee of Harvard's Institute of Politics, the largest political undergraduate organization.
Congresswoman Stefanik was born and raised in Upstate New York. She graduated cum laude from Albany Academy for Girls, the oldest continuous all girls' school in the country. She lives in Schuylerville, NY, with her husband Matt.