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Tony Bishop currently serves as a Senior Advisor in the Office of the National Cyber Director in the Executive Office of the President. He previously served as the Deputy Policy Director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). At the DCCC Tony wrote policy guidance for members of Congress and congressional candidates. Previously, Tony served as the Executive Director of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus (OLBC). In this role, he worked to create and advance public policy to empower the Black community with a voting block of 19 Black members in the Ohio Legislature. He also led the organizational component of OLBC that provides community resources, civic education, and fundraising efforts. Prior to this role Tony was a Robert Schuman fellow in the European Parliament (EP), where he was one of the first African Americans to receive the fellowship. While in the EP he worked in the Directorate General for the Presidency as a member of the team for relations with national parliaments. The opportunity for this role came through his work in the EP’s liaison office in Washington D.C., where he worked to strengthen the European relationship with Congress. Prior to engaging with Congress from the outside, he worked within its walls as a Congressional Black Caucus Foundation fellow in the Office of the House Democratic Caucus Chairman, Hakeem Jeffries. This fellowship was preceded by time spent in the Ohio Legislature as a legislative aide, dedicated to issues of healthcare equity and reform. He is also the President of the CBCF Alumni Association. Tony holds both a BA and MS from Otterbein University, located in Westerville, Ohio.
