Michelle M. Bright

Ms. Bright has over a decade of experience in Washington working on a wide range of issues for clients in various sectors. She has close ties to New Dem and Blue Dog offices, working extensively with key centrist Democrats. Ms. Bright joined Prime Policy Group’s predecessor firm, Timmons and Company, in 2004.

Ms. Bright served as staff to former Representative Cal Dooley (D-CA) for five years. During her tenure in the office, she served as Senior Legislative Assistant, managing a variety of issues for the congressman, including technology, telecommunications, budget, education, labor and legal reform matters. She also served as a key liaison to Representative Dooley on issues of interest to the New Democrat Coalition (NDC), which the Congressman cofounded in 1997.

In addition, she also served as the Congressman’s Executive Assistant and worked extensively on a number of his re-election campaigns in the Central Valley of California.

Ms. Bright spent the summer of 1998 assisting in the White House office of Presidential Scheduling and Advance under the Clinton administration.

Before moving to Washington D.C., Ms. Bright lived in San Luis Obispo, California, where she graduated cum laude from California Polytechnic State University, SLO, with a B.S. in Business Administration and a minor in Political Science. She is from Bakersfield, California.