NASHVILLE – U.S. Sen. Bob Corker’s communications director, Laura Lefler Herzog, is leaving Washington to take up a new job as deputy communications director for Republican Gov. Bill Haslam.
Herzog spent nearly 11 years in Washington, working first for U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., for four years before going to work for fellow Republican Corker.
In an email to state news media, Herzog said she and her husband, who have a nearly 2-year-old son, “have been feeling the urge to be closer to family in and around Tennessee.”
Herzog is from Loudon County. She begins her new job Jan. 13 at a salary of $98,500, Haslam Communications Director Alexia Poe said in an email.
“We’ve had a vacant position in the communications office for several months after John Chobanian went to work for the Health and Wellness Foundation,” Poe noted.