With twenty-five years of bicameral, bipartisan congressional experience, Nona has an unparalleled depth of knowledge and expertise to help clients identify pathways to success that are strategic within the context of the political realities faced by any Congress. Through her experience in the Appropriations process, managing policy and funding recommendations as well as negotiating multiple agency budgets, continuing resolutions, and several supplemental spending packages, Nona is particularly well positioned to advise clients on a wide range of legislative, budgetary, and appropriations issues impacting the food and agriculture sector.
Most recently Nona worked on the Interior, Environment, & Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, under the leadership of Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). Before joining the Appropriations Committee, Nona staffed the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry as an environmental and conservation policy expert to assist with the formulation of the 2014 Farm Bill. Nona has also been at United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as the federal representative on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Program committees. She came to USDA from the House Agriculture Committee where she was named the staff director for the Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research Subcommittee and helped pass the 2008 Farm Bill.
Nona received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky and master’s degree from Georgetown University. She lives in Washington D.C. with her husband and two children.
Senior Professional Staff, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for the Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Senior Professional Staff, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
