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Capitol Spotlight
Get to know the person outside the politics.
Capitol Spotlight is a video and audio interview podcast featuring D.C. professionals and Hill alum. Hosted by CNCT Founder David Tennent, hear how our guests climbed the Hill, found success in the district, and grew as a person along the way.
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John Ohly NEW
A decade of Congressional committee experience
TSG Advocates
Ashley Davis
In the West Wing on 9/11
S-3 Group
Alison Cheperdak
Ex-Trump staffer, etiquette author
Elevate Etiquette
Jackson Tufts
Built AI for Congress
articleOne
Brennan Adelaide
Hill vet turned Silicon Valley
Asana
Adrienne Ramsay
Physicist turned budget nerd
Delphi Strategies
Cori Kramer
Bipartisan matchmaker
Center Forward
Laura Hernandez Smith
Brought Cuban coffee to the Hill
ROKK Solutions
Caleb Max
Ran for Congress at 24
National AI Association
Data-Driven D.C.
Panel Recording
Sarah Isgur
From the campaign trail to covering SCOTUS
The Dispatch & SCOTUSblog
John McCarthy
Helped run Biden's campaign from day one
Causeway Strategy Group
Emily Weems
19 years and counting at Capital One
Capital One
Aubrey Wilson
Turned Hill tech frustration into a career
POPVOX Foundation
David Tennent
Founder & CEO, CNCT
James Walkinshaw
Chief of Staff at 26
Running for Congress, VA-11
Annemarie Cake
Competitive dancer & author
Committee on House Administration
Tom Wickham
31 years to become House Parliamentarian
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Aaron Bennett
Ex-Pelosi chief speechwriter
Fenway
Mike Watson
White House advance man
American Petroleum Institute
Heather Caygle
From transportation reporter to Capitol Hill bureau chief
Punchbowl News
Jen Daulby
Wrote the book on the Hill
Congressional Management Foundation
James Barlia
Failed toothpaste founder, now VC
Station DC
Robert Ordway
Didn't hit the Hill till 33
Office of Gov. Mike Braun
Michael LaRosa
Jill Biden's press secretary
Ballard Partners
Scott Rausch
A decade in Wisconsin's state legislature before DC
Americans for Prosperity
Javonni Ayers
Rose from intern to Ways & Means clerk
House Ways & Means Committee
Rep. Doug LaMalfa
Fifth-generation rice farmer
U.S. House of Representatives
Maria Giannopoulos
Runs Outfit on the Hill
Outfit on the Hill
Marie Baldassarre
Rose from comms director to Chief of Staff
Office of Rep. Ro Khanna
Climbing the Hill
Panel Discussion
Yuri Beckelman
Award-winning homebrewer
Office of Rep. Maxwell Frost
Michele Exner
Marine, ran 20 marathons
Comms Professional
Cabelle St. John
Ex-opera singer, Sesame Street alum
Office of Sen. John Fetterman
Sadie Knight
Beat cancer, founded a nonprofit
National Corn Growers Association
Rep. Maxwell Frost
First Gen Z Congressman
U.S. House of Representatives
Rep. Jim Jordan
Two-time NCAA wrestling champ
U.S. House of Representatives
Michelle Dorothy
Traveled to 70 countries
Office of Rep. Chrissy Houlahan
Stephanie DeMarco
Hill staffer turned Spotify
Spotify
Mychael Schnell
Traded sports journalism for covering Congress
The Hill
Rep. Buddy Carter
Pharmacist turned Congressman
U.S. House of Representatives
Sean Neary
Fact-checked Hunter S. Thompson
Edelman Smithfield
Jordan Davis
Intern to Chief of Staff
Purple Strategies
Rep. Jim McGovern
Investigated war crimes in El Salvador
U.S. House of Representatives
Mickey Sundermann
From Senate staffer to campaign comms to PR
ROKK Solutions