Staff

Governmental Affairs

Background
TrayBates

Tray Bates

Vice President of Governmental Affairs

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Leslie Cantu

TREPAC Director

Brandon Alderete 2020

Brandon Alderete

Director of Political Affairs

Julia Parenteau 2021

Julia Parenteau

Director of Public Policy

Andrea Pennington 1

Andrea M. Friedman

Associate Director of TREPAC

Seth Juergens 2021

Seth Juergens

Associate Director of Public Policy

Ashlee Quick edited

Ashlee Quick

Political Affairs Specialist

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Zhelun Chen

TREPAC Manager

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Becky Smith

TREPAC Staff Accountant II

Rebecca Dupree 2024

Rebecca Dupree

Governmental Affairs Executive Coordinator

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Lia Mote

Advocacy Communications Manager

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K.C. Bumpas

TREPAC Administrative Assistant

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Noel Koenig

TREPAC Fundraising and Events Coordinator

Governmental Affairs Department Responsibilities

  • Coordinate Legislative Committee, Political Affairs Committee, and TREPAC trustees, issues mobilization
  • Draft position papers
  • Manage political-involvement programs, PAC promotions, fundraising, lobbying, tracking of legislation
  • Analyze legislative bills, amendments, regulations, and reports
  • Train legislative spokespersons