WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) finalized his new Joint Economic Committee staff Wednesday, hiring Scott Winship as a project director. Winship was most recently a visiting fellow at The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity and formerly served as a fellow at the Brookings Institution and the Manhattan Institute, as well as a research manager at Pew Charitable Trusts.
 
“Scott has been a leader in researching the relationship between family, communities, and economic opportunity,” Lee said. “He is a perfect fit for what we want to accomplish at JEC and I look forward to working with him.
 
Sen. Lee also retained Christina King as a senior economist while hiring Rachel Sheffield, Justus Myers, and Daniel Bunn as senior policy advisors. Matthew Nolan has also been hired to serve as a digital media specialist for the committee.