Treasury Staffs Legislative Team

The Treasury announced legislative and public affairs appointments Friday, drawing from political appointees from the previous Trump administration and Republican congressional staff.

Jonathan Blum will serve as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs. Mr. Blum was most recently Vice President of Congressional Relations at the American Bankers Association, and a Public Policy Advisor at WilmerHale.  He previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs (Banking and Finance) at the Department during President Trump’s first term, and spent nearly a decade on Capitol Hill as lead advisor for the House Financial Services Committee Financial Institutions Subcommittee under then-Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), and staff to U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), former U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-Nev), and former Ranking Member Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) on the Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee.  

Mason Champion will serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Tax & Budget. Mr. Champion previously served as a Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso of Wyoming, and as Legislative Director to U.S. Congressman and House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington of Texas. 

Sophie Delquie will serve as Senior Advisor for Public Affairs. Sophie joins the Treasury Department from the Senate Republican Conference for Chairman John Barrasso, where she served as the Strategic Communications Advisor. She previously served as the Creative Director for House Republican Conference for Chairwoman Elise Stefanik. 

Elliott Yoshio Hulse will serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, covering International Affairs. Mr. Hulse returns to the Office of Public Affairs from his role as the World Bank Group’s International Media Lead for Japan, in which he led the Bank’s corporate communications strategy in Tokyo. Prior to his time in Japan, Mr. Hulse served as Communications Aide to David R. Malpass, 13th President of the World Bank Group.  Mr. Hulse held roles during President Trump’s first term with the Treasury Office of Public Affairs and the White House Office of Communications.

Stephen Sandora will serve as the Counselor to the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.  Previously, Sandora was a Director on the government affairs team at Mastercard.  He also worked for the Financial Services Committee under Representative Patrick McHenry. During the first Trump Administration, he served as a special advisor in the Office of Economic Policy at the Department of the Treasury. Before Treasury, Sandora was an economic policy advisor to Senator Shelley Moore Capito.