[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1486]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO MARK POWDEN

  Mr. BROWN. I wish to also say a few words about another career public 
servant. He is not leaving public service, but he is leaving the chief 
of staff's position in my office. Mark Powden has been my chief of 
staff since 2009. He started with Senator Jeffords when Senator 
Jeffords was a Republican and then became an Independent.
  Mark Powden grew up in Vermont, where he worked for his own State 
congressman and senator. Mark later became the staff director for the 
Republicans. In fact, he was the staff director for the Health, 
Education, Labor and Pensions Committee as it went through its 
transition to a new name. He was with Senator Jeffords when Senator 
Jeffords switched parties in 2001.
  Mark, as I said, has served as my chief of staff for more than 6 
years now and will move over and be the staff director for the banking 
committee. At the same time, he will take with him Graham Steele, who 
served ably as my legislative assistant, and will also take his 
assistant Megan Cheney to the banking committee. Graham will be chief 
counsel, and Megan will be a legislative aide in the Senate banking 
committee.
  My thanks especially to Mark Powden for the terrific work he has done 
as my chief of staff, and I am thrilled he is going to stay with me to 
do the very important job of staff director as I become ranking member 
of the Senate banking committee.

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