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Jim Carter
| Jim Carter | |
| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Emerson |
| Role: | Vice president, government affairs |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Expertise: | Lobbying |
| Education: | •Truman State University (B.S., political science, 1991) •George Mason University (M.P.A., public administration, 1993)[1] |
Jim Carter is an in-house lobbyist for Emerson, a technology engineering firm.[2] Carter was a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team, a group of advisors tasked with recommending presidential appointments for the incoming administration.[3][4]
Career
Early career
After graduating from George Mason University in 1993, Jim Carter served as the special assistant to the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. Her served in that position for less than a year, before he moved on to serve as an economist for the Republican National Committee.[1]
Government activity
In 1997, he worked briefly with the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management in the U.S. Senate. That same year he started working as an economic advisor under then-Senator John Ashcroft (R-Mo.). He continued under Ashcroft until 1999.[1] He then served as a senior economist for the Congressional Joint Economic Committee.[1]
In 2001, Carter was appointed associate director of the While House's National Economic Council. A year later, he was the deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he remained for four years.[1] He moved to the U.S. Department of Labor in 2006 as the deputy undersecretary for international affairs.[1]
Lobbyist
In 2011, Carter joined Emerson, the technology engineering firm. He served as the firm's director of government relations in economic issues and the senior director of government affairs. As of November 2016, Carter was the firm's senior vice president of government affairs.[2][4][1]
Other activities
Since 2011, Carter has been a lecturer of public management at Johns Hopkins University. In 2014, he began serving as a adjunct professor at George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management and became a contributor to The Hill.[1]
Donald Trump presidential transition team, 2016-2017
Carter was a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team in his first presidential term. The transition team was a group of around 100 aides, policy experts, government affairs officials, and former government officials who were tasked with vetting, interviewing, and recommending individuals for top cabinet and staff roles in Trump's administration. He was the team's tax reform advisor.[4][2]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 LinkedIn, "Jim Carter," accessed November 18, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Politico, "More lobbyists on the transition," November 11, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Current Agency Action Team structure," accessed November 15, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Politico, "Insurgent Trump taps GOP insiders, lobbyists for transition," November 11, 2016
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