By the time she won her seat representing a swath of upstate New York in the November election, she had served as a domestic policy aide for former President George W. Bush, a policy director for former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's 2012 presidential campaign and head of debate preparation for vice-presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan... (wsj.com)
A Harvard graduate who worked in President George W. Bush's White House, Stefanik managed Rep. Paul D. Ryan's debate preparation when the Wisconsin Republican was the vice presidential nominee. (rollcall.com)