SANA F. SHTASEL
Deputy Executive Director: House
Sana F. Shtasel was appointed by the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance to a five-year term as Deputy Executive Director for the House commencing February 2008.
Ms. Shtasel comes to the Office of Compliance with thirty years’ experience as an attorney and executive in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. Ms. Shtasel has held an array of senior-level positions in nonprofit organizations and federal and state governments, including President and Chief Executive Officer of Planned Parenthood of Maryland; Director of Federal Affairs for the American Association of Retired Persons; Chief-of-Staff to former U.S. Senator Bob Packwood; Special Assistant to the Associate Attorney General; and General Counsel and Assistant Secretary for Federal Relations for the Massachusetts’ Transportation Department. Additionally, she litigated the constitutional predicate to the Congressional Accountability Act (Davis v. Passman, 442 U.S. 228 (1979)). Ms. Shtasel holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University, a law degree from New York University, and a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University. She and her family live in Maryland.
