Legislative Assistant

Elise Johnson is a Legislative Assistant focusing on healthcare, higher education, energy, and technology issues.

Prior to rejoining Cassidy, Elise worked at Woodberry Associates where she provided advocacy, strategic counsel, and policy support for non-profit coalition and corporate clients. She also previously volunteered for the Utah Women and Leadership Project providing public policy research on childcare and workplace sexual harassment laws nationwide.

Elise grew up in Indiana and Utah. She earned a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science in Politics and Communications. She is a graduate of the University of Rochester where she majored in Political Science and English concentrated in Language, Media, and Communications and minored in Business.