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Michael Yudin

Michael Yudin is Senator Bingaman's Senior Counsel for Education. Michael works on a variety of issues for Senator Bingaman including education, workforce development and labor, social security, and welfare reform .  Michael previously worked for Senator Jeffords from Vermont and Senator Reed from Rhode Island.  Prior to coming to the Senate, Michael worked as an attorney for the Federal government for almost 10 years at both the Social Security Administration and the Department of Labor.

Joel Szkrybalo

Joel is a Science and Technology Policy Fellow in Senator Bingaman's Washington Office.  He primarily focuses on education issues including the No Child Left Behind Act, special education, high school reform, and drug abuse education and prevention efforts.  He received his bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan and his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from New York University.  Prior to coming to the Senate, he was chief psychologist and director of social skills training at Alexander Road Associates, a group mental health practice in Princeton, New Jersey.  He also taught a variety of undergraduate courses at Princeton University over the past four years.  His current fellowship is sponsored by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science and the American Psychological Association.