Kara D'Onofrio

Kara D'Onofrio is the Vice President of Government Affairs for Liebman & Associates. Since joining L&A, Ms. D'Onofrio has helped to secure multi-million dollar congressional earmarks and executive branch agency grants for L&A clients. Throughout her career, Ms. D'Onofrio has developed over (70) high-profile events of worldwide dignitaries, ranging from Presidents of nations to Supreme Court Justices, from corporate CEOs to television celebrities, from George Tenet (Director of Central Intelligence) to Dr. Paul Wolfowitz (Deputy Secretary of Defense), and a wide assortment of Congressional leaders in between. She brings to L&A a substantive background in public affairs, including government relations, media strategy, speech writing, event logistics and administration. Prior to joining L&A, Ms. D'Onofrio served as Deputy Director of Protocol and Events in the Office of Public Affairs at Georgetown University. In this position, Ms. D'Onofrio executed all aspects of high-profile events, including logistical timelines, security, transportation flow, facilities, administrator briefings, and media strategy. While at Georgetown, she also served as the university liaison with prominent external organizations. Additionally, Ms. D'Onofrio has held positions at a national security think tank and on Capitol Hill where she began her career in public affairs conducting legislative research and developing materials for the press on key policy issues. Ms. D'Onofrio graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a major in Government and minor in English.