Grimm Named Director Of Federal Relations

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University Park, Pa. -- Susan L. Grimm, a Penn State graduate and former aide to former Pennsylvania Gov. Robert Casey, joined Penn State's governmental relations office this summer as director of federal relations.

As director, Grimm reports directly to Richard Di Eugenio, special assistant to Penn State President Graham B. Spanier for governmental affairs, and will serve as the liaison between the University and the federal government. Her responsibilities include monitoring and determining the impact on the University of federal legislation and other activities of the federal government, meeting with elected and appointed government officials, and representing the University on a broad range of issues.

A native of Indiana, Pa., Grimm was director of communications and press for the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency in Harrisburg between January 1995 and July 1997. Before that, she was deputy press secretary in Gov. Casey's press office, special assistant to the budget secretary for federal affairs in Gov. Casey's office in Washington, D.C., and fiscal policy analyst in the state budget office. She also worked as a reporter and in other positions with WJAC-TV in Johnstown and State College.

Grimm earned a bachelor's degree in telecommunications from Penn State in 1984. She lives in State College.

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