Ms. Catriona Macdonald

Council Member Biography

Catriona Macdonald is the President of Linchpin Strategies in Washington, DC, which specializes in helping private businesses and grassroots organizations develop and present federal policy and legislative agendas. Ms. Macdonald has over ten years of experience in working in federal policy circles. She has held budget policy positions under Republican and Democratic administrations at the Department of Health and Human Services, and worked on the Senate Labor Committee. She was an associate staff member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, and served as Legislative Director to senior members of the House Democratic leadership. Ms. Macdonald provided strategic policy advice on budget and appropriations, education, child care, welfare reform, economic development, and job training. She specializes in education, disability, child care, environmental and federal contracting issues. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2004 - Unspecified

President, LINCHPIN STRATEGIES, LLC

1999 - 2004

Vice President for Policy, The Leonard Resource Group

1997 - 1999

Legislative Director, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro

1995 - 1997

Senior Legislative Assistant, Congressman Steny Hoyer