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Cornerstone Government Affairs
Hires Senior Congressional Staff Member
Geoff Gonella
March 3, 2003
Washington, D.C.
(03/03/03) – Cornerstone Government Affairs LLC announced today that
Frank M. Cushing, the Majority Clerk of the House Appropriations
Subcommittee on Veterans’ Affairs and Housing and Urban Development,
has joined the firm as a vice president and equity partner.
“We are very pleased
about Frank’s joining the team,” said Geoff Gonella, president of
Cornerstone Government Affairs. “His expertise, contacts, and
in-depth experience in the public and private sector will be
invaluable for our current clients and for our future growth.”
Prior to his nine
years in the U.S. House of Representatives, Cushing spent nearly
15 years as a staff member in the U.S. Senate. In the Senate, he
served as staff director, both majority and minority, of the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; as clerk and staff
director of the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and
Related Agencies; and as a legislative assistant to former Senator
James A. McClure (R-ID).
Additionally, Mr.
Cushing was formerly Vice President of Federal Affairs for the
Coastal Corporation, a Houston-based “Fortune 50” energy concern.
“I have known Frank for 25 years and have a
tremendous amount of respect for him and what he has accomplished
throughout his career,” said Tim Sanders, Executive Vice President
and a member of the firm’s management team. “He is a great addition
to the firm. His knowledge of the players and the process fits well
with our core structure, and his reputation on both sides of the
aisle is impeccable.”
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