From our list of the Top Ten Bipartisan Staffers on the Hill, Amelia Allert is the Legislative Director for Chairman French Hill.

Although Amelia has been in D.C. for seven years now, she used to work for the chair of a committee in the Minnesota State House, which was her first full-time job in politics.

“It was a very different environment because I was the only woman on a small team and everyone on that team took me under their wing and mentored me and made sure that I was able to grow professionally,” says Amelia.

After losing the election in 2018, she decided it was time to go “from minor to major leagues” and move out to D.C. Amelia didn’t go straight to the Hill, though, she initially started in the private sector working for the healthcare and insurance team at a state government affairs firm.

Amelia quickly worked her way up, and wanted the next big thing. She noticed the open LA position in Rep. Hill’s office and, not having Arkansas ties, she expected not to get it (she got it). 

But it wasn’t straight to the LD position from there for Amelia! After spending a few years on the Hill, she got recruited to a healthcare trade association as Director of Policy and was there for two years. Amelia was then recruited back to Congressman Hill’s office as LD when he became Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

“I'm really happy about the way that my career trajectory has gone because it's allowed me to see small private sector, to Congress, to a major trade association … and I can apply that now as a Legislative Director to a chairman,” Amelia says.

In her free time, Amelia loves to cook and bake. If it was an especially stressful week, she enjoys making funfetti cake with her friends and “surrendering the pain to the sugar.”

Her Backstory
🏠 Hometown: Minneapolis (proper), Minnesota
🎓 College & Major: University of Minnesota (Political Science)
💭 Favorite Hill Memory: “When my boss's first true healthcare bill in a healthcare committee was signed in the law.”