Assistant Vice President for Government Relations
stephanie@naicu.edu
Stephanie Giesecke is responsible for representing NAICU on budget and appropriations issues with Congress, the administration, and the higher education community.
Before joining NAICU in 1999, Giesecke was legislative assistant for the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT), where she coordinated the association's legislative advocacy network, and served as liaison to Congress on budget and appropriations matters. Prior to joining ACCT in 1992, Giesecke was a legislative assistant for Rep. Bill Alexander (D-Ark.). In addition, she has been an active member of the Committee for Education Funding and served as its president in 2006 and 2019. She earned a bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis (MO) , and a master's degree from The George Washington University (DC).