ABOUT THE TRAINING

Experienced caseworkers know that the best resources for casework teams are other caseworkers. In this session, veteran caseworker Katherine Long, who spent fifteen years as a caseworker in the office of former Senator Patrick Leahy, will share insights from her casework career and answer questions from new and returning offices. Come with your questions about all things casework, from staff retention to agency relationships and more.

This event has been designed to comply with House and Senate Ethics Rules. Please contact the appropriate Ethics Committee with any questions.

SPEAKER

Katherine Long has decades of experience as a public servant and an advocate for citizen involvement in government. She had the honor of serving for 15 years in Senator Leahy’s Vermont office, resolving over 4,000 complex cases and speaking with thousands of Vermonters about their experiences with government. As Casework Manager, she led the successful closure of his casework operation after 48 years in office. Her casework portfolio focused on military and veterans affairs, housing, and taxes. She also worked extensively to repatriate American citizens during crisis situations around the world and to relocate our allies from Afghanistan.

Prior to joining Senator Leahy's staff, Katherine was the Director of Public Policy for the Vermont Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations (VANPO), a Training Fellow with the Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest (now Bolder Advocacy), and adjunct faculty at St. Michael’s College, developing and conducting training for nonprofit leaders in advocacy strategies and lobbying rules. She has experience in mental health, energy efficiency, and agriculture, and is proud to have served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger, speaking Zarma and occasional French.

Katherine has a master of public administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, a bachelor of arts in anthropology from Cornell University, and she studied and conducted fieldwork in Nepal with the University of Wisconsin.

MODERATOR

Anne Meeker is a civic process and democratic engagement nerd, and a former House district staffer. She was a founding member of the POPVOX Foundation team as Director of Special Initiatives and now serves as Deputy Director. She previously served as Director of Constituent Services for Congressman Seth Moulton, where she worked to use data and technology to deliver smarter casework services to residents of the MA06. Anne holds a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from the University of Oxford (St. Hugh's College), and an MSc in History from the London School of Economics, where she wrote her thesis on presidential memoir. She is also a proud native Clevelander, and will take any opportunity to cheerlead for the 'Land.