Katherine Bradley Biography

As a Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation's DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, Katherine Kiki Bradley focuses on family and social concerns, with a special focus on welfare policy. Bradley's research focuses on how to establish the next phase of welfare reform and alter other low-income assistance programs. Before joining Heritage in 2009, Bradley worked for the US Department of Health and Human Services for two years, where he managed or controlled the nation's biggest cash assistance program. She was the deputy director of the Office of Family Assistance after serving as assistant director of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Bureau. She was also in charge of the award program for Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood. Bradley worked as a staffer in the House of Representatives for 12 years, including eight years as a domestic policy consultant to former Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL). She briefed Hastert on a variety of topics, including welfare reform, education, housing, and financial services. Bradley worked as the legislative director for then-Rep. Jim Talent, R-Mo., the architect of the TANF bill, in 1996. She helped to negotiate the welfare program's renewal as part of the Deficit Reduction Act in 2005. In the early 1990s, Bradley worked for Heritage for a short time. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. She lives in Chevy Chase with her husband, Neil, and spends her weekends gardening and playing tennis.

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