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Posted OnMarch 8, 2024 bySonia Robinson

Women Lobbyists’ Rise Reflects Increasingly Diverse Capitol Hill

By Kate Ackley | March 8, 2024 5:30AM ET

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Some women who served in Congress have gone to lobbying jobs, including former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and ex-Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.).

Shannon Finley, a founding partner of Capitol Counsel and a one-time senior political adviser to then-Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), started lobbying in 2007 and recalls sitting in tax policy meetings where she was the only woman.

“Still happens today, but not nearly as often,” said Finley, who is Native American. “People from different communities can bring different perspectives which is always valuable to the process.”

Some of the women rising up the ranks on K Street worked for women who broke glass ceilings on Capitol Hill.

Arshi Siddiqui, a partner at Akin whose clients include the Business Roundtable and AT&T Services Inc., worked on the Hill for then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the first woman to hold that gavel.

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