Jeff Trandahl

Jeff Trandahl

Jeffrey Joseph Trandahl (born September 15, 1964) served as the thirty-second Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was elected Clerk on January 6, 1999 and held office until November 18, 2005.

Personal

Trandahl is a native of Spearfish, South Dakota, and graduated from Spearfish High School in 1983. He received a bachelor of arts from the University of Maryland in 1987 and a Certificate in Management from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.citation |title=Spearfish native lands key conservation job |first=Bill |last=Harlan |periodical=The Rapid City Journal |date=2005-10-08 |accessdate=2007-08-18 |url=http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2005/10/08/news/local/news02.txt]

Career

Trandahl began his congressional career in 1983 as an aide to Senator James Abdnor (R-SD). From 1987-1990 and from 1990-1995, he was affiliated with the offices of Congresswoman Virginia Smith (R-NE) and Congressman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and with the Committees on Appropriations and House Administration, respectively. In 1995, he joined the Office of the Clerk and served in various capacities. He was also the Acting Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives from 1996-1997.

On November 18, 2005, Trandahl resigned as Clerk to accept a position as the executive director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.citation |url=http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=12972 |title=Trandahl breaks silence on Foley scandal |periodical=Washington Blade |date=2007-06-06 |accessdate=2007-08-18] He was succeeded by Karen L. Haas.

Trandahl is currently a Board member of Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBT-rights group.

Mark Foley scandal

Trandahl was the Clerk of the House during the time in which allegations against former Representative Mark Foley by former House pages are said to have occurred. Trandahl confronted Foley at that time since it is the Clerk of the House's responsibility to effectively administer the House page system.

References

External links

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/18/us/politics/18trandahl.html?hp&ex=1161230400&en=330eb62eab326b73&ei=5094&partner=homepage "The New York Times" profile of Trandahl] (October 18, 2006)

Succession box
title=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
before=Robin H. Carle
after=Karen L. Haas
years= 1999–2005


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