Janet Worthington has left Chwat & Co. to move back to Seattle,WA to be with her boyfriend. Samatha DeBee has been hired to assume Janets work at Chwat & Co. Ms. DeBee has Capitol Hill experience having served as Legislative Assistant to former Congressman Joel Hefley (R-CO). She handled issues in the military and environmental areas. Ms. DeBee also has extensive experience in the private sector servicing clients with state government relations interests such as toxics use, land use, climate change, water quality, labeling requirements, food safety, and nutrition issues. She also worked with state legislators, staffs and state government officials. Prior to coming to Washington, D.C. Ms. DeBee worked in the Colorado House Minority Communications Office. She wrote press releases for House Representatives and drafted legislative reviews for the House and Senate Minority. Ms. DeBee graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2006 with a degree in International Affairs. Samathas email address is samatha.debee@chwatco.com Dave will be in Washington the week of June 3 for a round of meetings with Congressional committee representatives, including Ian Dillner, Telecom Staffer for House Minority Energy and Commerce Committee, Steven Wrangel, Investigative Majority Counsel for Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Paul Nagle, Chief Counsel for Senate Minority Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Amy Levine, Senior Telecom Counsel for the House Majority Energy and Commerce Committee. 73 Joel W5ZN