For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 5, 2002
Vice President Names Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Vice President Cheney Names Candida Wolff to be Assistant to the Vice President for Legislative Affairs
Lewis Libby, Chief of Staff to Vice President
Cheney, announced that
Candida "Candi" Wolff was named Assistant to the Vice
President for Legislative Affairs.
Wolff is serving as a liaison
between the Vice
President and Congress and is responsible
for managing the legislative affairs office. Previously, Ms. Wolff
served for a year as Deputy Assistant
to the Vice President focusing
on Senate legislative affairs. Ms. Wolff also served as
Deputy Senate Liaison for the Bush-Cheney Transition and as Policy
Director for the 2000 Republican Platform Committee.
"Candi has brought years of experience
and a true understanding of the Congress to our office. I
have enjoyed working with Candi and look forward
to working with her in her new role as
we enter an important legislative year," said Vice President Cheney.
"Candi and I have worked closely together
when she worked on Capitol Hill
and over the past year as part of the Administration.
She brings knowledge, enthusiasm, dedication, and
significant institutional knowledge
to her new post. I know our
offices will continue to work as a seamless
team," said Nicholas E. Calio, Assistant to the
President for Legislative Affairs.
Prior to working for Vice President Cheney, Ms. Wolff
spent eight years in
the Senate. From 1996-2000 she
served as Deputy Staff Director to the
Senate Republican Policy Committee. Wolff also served as
Legislative
Counsel to the Senate Steering Committee and
as Tax Counsel to former
Senator Malcolm Wallop (R-WY).
Prior to working on Capitol Hill, Wolff
spent three years as an associate in the Public
Policy and Law section of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, LLP.
Ms. Wolff received her J.D. with high honors in 1989
from the National Law Center at George Washington
University. She graduated cum laude from Mount
Holyoke College in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in mathematics and
political science. Wolff is a member of both the
Connecticut and District of Columbia Bars.
Ms. Wolff is married to Mark Roger Wolff and resides in Virginia
with their two daughters, ages 4 and 2.
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