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Welcome to the 118th Congress!

Come meet and greet your fellow GLASS members as we welcome in the 118th with coffee and donuts on 1/26

Date and Location: Thursday, 1/26 at SR-385 7:00am to 10:00am

Reminder: Monday, 1/30

Come join GLASS for a Professional Development event with Kei Koizumi Principal, Deputy Director for Policy for House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

Since January 2021, Kei Koizumi has been back at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), currently Principal Deputy Director for Policy, after serving as Chief of Staff for the first 10 months of the Biden Administration and also Acting Director for the first five months of the Administration. Immediately before that, he served on the Biden-Harris Transition Team as the Lead for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a member of the OSTP transition.

In prior, Kei has served as Senior Advisor in Science Policy at American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was also Assistant Director for Federal Research and Development and Senior Advisor to the Director for the National Science and Technology Council at OSTP. Before serving on the Obama-Biden transition team in 2008-2009, he was the Director of the R&D Budget and Policy Program at AAAS. He received his M.A. from the Center for International Science, Technology, and Public Policy program at the George Washington University (where he teaches part-time) and his B.A. from Boston University in Political Science and Economics. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

LOCATION: SR-385
DATE: 01/30/2023
TIME: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
GROUP: Senate GLASS Caucus

GLASS Spotlight: Tré Easton

Tré Easton currently serves as Legislative Director for Senator John Fetterman (D-PA). He most recently advised the Fetterman campaign on policy and communications strategy. Before leaving the Hill for a brief stint in the private sector in 2021, Tré served as an advisor to Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) where he worked on energy, environmental, tribal, and civil rights issues. During his previous stretch in the Senate, Tré served as a GLASS Caucus Co-Chair for two terms. He is also an Obama Administration alum, having worked in the congressional affairs office at the U.S. Department of Energy for much of President Obama’s second term.

A rural Georgia native, Tré is a proud graduate of Wake Forest University where he served as the first openly LGBTQ+ Student Body President.

Welcome back, Tré!

GLASS wants to help you get hired!

If you or people you know in the LGBTQIA+ community are interested in a career on Capitol Hill, please submit their resume to [email protected]. If you have already applied to an opening in a member office or committee, please email [email protected] with a PDF of your application, your name, the date of application submission, and the office applied to.”

2023 GLASS Dues Reminder:

You can pay your dues via

Paypal- [email protected]

or Venmo @ GLASS-Caucus