Inhofe Names New Communications Staff

Senator Jim Inhofe today announced the addition of a new communications staff in his Washington office.

The new staff includes Communications Director Jared Young, and Deputy Press Secretary Kathryn Heisten. Both are native Oklahomans.

Young re-joins the Inhofe office after having previously served as Communications Director at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a non-profit think tank in Washington that researches defense policy. Young served in a variety of communication positions with Inhofe and the Inhofe-chaired Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee from 2001 to 2003. After leaving the EPW Committee, he spent 10 months in Iraq from 2003 to 2004 as a Senior Press Officer and the Director of the International Press Center for the Coalition Provisional Authority.

Born and raised in Midwest City, Young has held communications positions with the Heritage Foundation, the Mitt Romney Commonwealth PAC, and in the private sector as a communications consultant. He recently finished a Masters Degree in International Relations from the University of Oklahoma.

Heisten is being promoted from within the Inhofe office for the second time since she joined the staff in 2007. Initially a Staff Assistant, she was first promoted to Legislative Correspondent where she helped Inhofe communicate with constituents on a variety of issues such as finance and banking. Born and raised in Tulsa, Heisten graduated cum laude from the University of Oklahoma and received a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

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