Kathleen Frangione

Kathleen Frangione
Basic facts
Current Campaign:	Phil Murphy gubernatorial administration
Role:	Chief of staff
Location:	Trenton, N.J.
Affiliation:	Democrat
Education:	•Harvard College •Yale University
Prior Experience
•U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Kathleen Frangione is a former acting chief of staff to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D). Murphy named Frangione to the position on January 15, 2019.

Prior to becoming acting chief of staff, Frangione served as chief policy advisor to the Murphy administration. She resumed that role after George Helmy was appointed as chief of staff on January 25, 2019. In May 2020, Frangione announced her departure from the Murphy administration.

Career

Education and early career

Frangione graduated from Harvard College and obtained a master's degree from Yale University.

Frangione previously worked as the executive vice president of the Signal Group, a policy and political consultancy firm in Washington, D.C. She was a senior policy advisor on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee under then-Senator John Kerry (D). She was also a legislative staffer in Kerry’s Senate office.

Phil Murphy chief of staff

In January 2019, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) announced that Frangione would serve as acting chief of staff in his gubernatorial administration. Frangione replaced Peter Cammarano, who resigned from the position on January 15.

Chief of staff

See also: Gubernatorial chiefs of staff

In 2019, Ballotpedia identified Kathleen Frangione as a gubernatorial chief of staff. A chief of staff is the lead staff member of an administration and is responsible for implementing the governor's agenda.

The role is both a managerial and advisory position, although specific duties vary by each administration. The chief of staff typically has the following responsibilities, according to the National Governors Association (NGA):

• Control access to the governor and manage the governor's calendar;
• Monitor the flow of information to the governor on policy issues;
• Oversee gubernatorial Cabinet and staff; and
• Manage and communicate the governor's policy agenda to the state legislature and the public.

In terms of policymaking, the NGA notes that a chief of staff is responsible for bringing policy and communications together: "The chief is responsible for overseeing the development of the governor’s policy agenda. The policy director or advisor is typically responsible for shaping the general concepts and specific details of the agenda with input from the communications director, policy staff, and cabinet members. The chief often must take charge and bring the pieces together coherently."

See also

• Phil Murphy
• Governor of New Jersey

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