Amy Rosenbaum to Step Down as Pelosi Policy Director Next Month; Richard Meltzer to Replace Her

Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today that Amy Rosenbaum, her policy director for the past four years, will step down next month as policy director but will remain in a temporary position to advise on health care reform legislation this fall.  Richard Meltzer will assume the role of policy director in August.

"Amy Rosenbaum has provided excellent service to the House and to our country," Speaker Pelosi said. "She has been at the forefront of so many of our legislatives successes, from the Six for ‘06 initiative when Democrats took control of Congress, to the landmark clean energy jobs bill the House passed this summer, to her ongoing work on health insurance reform.  I am delighted that she has agreed to remain as an adviser on this critical legislation until it is signed into law."

Pelosi said her new Policy Director will be Richard Meltzer, a longtime former House staffer with wide-ranging domestic and foreign policy experience.  He recently left his position as a principal with Washington Counsel Ernst and Young, where he worked on a range of policy issues.  Following the 2006 elections in which Democrats regained control of the House, Meltzer served temporarily as a transition coordinator for Speaker Pelosi's office.  In the 1990s, Meltzer served as Democratic Counsel to the House Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China, Chief Democratic Counsel of the House International Affairs Select Committee on the U.S. Role in Iranian Arms Transfers to Bosnia and Chief Counsel to the House Committee on Natural Resources.  He also formerly worked for former Rep. Abner Mikva of Illinois.

"I'm pleased to welcome Dick Meltzer back to my staff," Speaker Pelosi said. "He brings impressive credentials and knowledge of the issues facing Congress, as well as extensive experience to our policy office.  I look forward to working with him as we address the priorities of the American people."

Meltzer holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester and a juris doctorate from Northwestern University.