Elizabeth Morra

"Federal funding all-star"

With a long and distinguished record working with the US Senate and House appropriations committees, Elizabeth Morra is a federal funding all-star. With her communications and policy savoir-faire and the relationships to get things done, she leads the Podesta Group’s appropriations practice. Among her many achievements, she is particularly proud that, over the course of nine years of sound, strategic work, she has helped win $44 million in much needed federal funding to help children and their families in need of medical care in the national capital region. Before joining the Podesta Group, Elizabeth served as the first communications director for the House Appropriations Committee under former Chairmen, the Honorable Bob Livingston (R-LA) and the Honorable C. W. Bill Young (R-FL). She also served as spokeswoman for ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Thad Cochran (R-MS), during his term as chairman of the Senate Republican Conference. While working on Capitol Hill, she was named one of Roll Call’s “Fabulous Fifty Staffers.” In addition to her profound understanding of the appropriations process, Elizabeth offers clients public affairs expertise, having previously spent some time behind the news desk as a local TV reporter and anchor in Georgia. A native Georgian who has brought a little bit of that Southern charm to Washington, DC, Elizabeth has a bachelor's in journalism from the University of Georgia.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Business Positions

Graham Holdings Company Washington, DC-based newspaper company

• Lobbyist (past)

Podesta Group Inc Lobby firm, dubbed “a king of K Street” by POLITICO

• Lobbyist

Positions

PLM Group PLM Group is a joint venture between Bob Livingston, Toby Moffett and Tony Podesta's lobbying and public affairs firms.

• Position ('08)

In the office of

William Thad Cochran Republican US Senator and Former Representative from Mississippi

• Press Secretary [+1]

• spokeswoman (past)

Government Positions

House Appropriations Committee

• communications director (past)

Services & Transactions

Perdoceo Education Corporation For-profit colleges

• Lobbying Client

Higher Learning Commission Commission to accredit higher learning institutions in the Central US

• Lobbying Client

University of South Carolina

• Lobbying Client

Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities

• Lobbying Client

University of Miami Private research university in Coral Gables, Florida

• Lobbying Client

Wells Fargo & Company Large San Francisco-based bank holding company

• Lobbying Client

Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Administers charitable grant-making funds established by individuals and corporations for the purpose of benefiting non-profit community organizations in Washington DC

• Lobbying Client

Sallie Mae Private Student Loans

• Lobbying Client

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Non-profit funding arm of the nation's first presidential library

• Lobbying Client

Lesley University Private university in Boston, MA

• Lobbying Client

Schools

University of Georgia

• Bachelor's Degree (past)