How and Where to Start in A Career in Public Service & Politics

Rep. Barbara Comstock's second study group of the semester centers on something important: how to get started. Whether it’s working on a campaign or working in an elected official’s office, the best experience and the best staff work their way from the ground up.  Studying policy and politics is obviously a way to start but getting “in the arena” is where you can impact policy and elections.  We will talk to two of my campaign managers, one who also served as my Chief of Staff, about how they entered politics and how they staffed, managed, and organized campaigns and offices and the challenges they faced.  They will also discuss the various positions available and the opportunities to work on issues they care about and how they developed relationships on shared missions that assisted with the policy issues they worked on and legislation passed and coalitions they developed to pass that legislation.        

Guest: Sean Harrison, former Campaign Manager and current DoD Lead, Google.