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Majority Whip Clyburn Announces Staff
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Yelberton Watkins, Chief counterfeit Staff
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Lindy Birch-Kelly, 1 Advisor
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Yebbie
Last Name:
Watkins
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Chief of Staff, Office of the Assistant Democratic Leader
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Yelberton (Yebbie) R. Watkins is currently chief of staff to Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn. In this capacity he provides leadership to a team of legislative, policy, and communications professionals. Concurrently, Yebbie serves as chief of staff for Congressman Clyburn's congressional office, a position he has held for the last 14 years. In addition, he has served as liaison to House leadership, The White House, executive branch agencies, and to private industry. Yebbie has been twice featured in Roll Call newspaper on the "Fabulous 50 List" of top staffers on Capitol Hill. He has also been profiled in National Journal. Yebbie previously worked for U.S. Senator Terry Sanford. Active in his community, he serves on the board of trustees of Washington's Historic Shiloh Baptist Church and is a former board member of the Washington Symphony Orchestra. A Columbia native, he holds a BS in biology from Duke University and a JD from Georgetown University. He is a Fellow of the second class of the Liberty Fellowship Program and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
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Yelberton R. Watkins
Yelberton R. Watkins is Chief of Staff for the Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-South Carolina), the third-ranking democrat in the US House of Representatives. Watkins has served in this capacity for almost 18 years.
As Chief of Staff, Watkins is responsible for the overall management of Congressman Clyburn’s office, where he leads a team of legislative, policy, communications, and outreach professionals. He has extensive interaction with members of Congress, senior White House officials, and industry representatives.
Highly regarded in Washington, Watkins has been featured in National Journal magazine in its annual edition of top Capitol Hill aides. For the past four years, he was named by Roll Call newspaper as one of the top 50 staffers on the Hill. In 2007, he was named a prestigious Liberty Fellow. In 1995, as a delegate of the American Council of Young Political Leaders, he traveled to the former Soviet Union, as Official International Observer for the Russian legislative elections. In 1999, he was a member of the American delegation to the American Council on Germany Young Leaders Exchange. In 2001 he was a delegate to the Transatlantic Forum in Munich, Germany. He has participated in official delegations to Gambia, Israel, Singapore, Bra