Toni-Marie Higgins has spent 20 years in Congress, the last 8 as Chief of Staff to Senator John Boozman (R-AR), where she manages staff across eight offices and serves as the Senator’s chief policy and political advisor.
Prior to this role, Higgins was Legislative Director for Boozman, overseeing the Senator’s work on the Senate Appropriations Committee, foreign policy, and trade issues. Before joining the Boozman office in 2007, she worked for Congresswoman Sue Kelly (R-NY).
Committed to advancing female leadership and bipartisanship in the Senate, Higgins serves as the co-lead of the Bipartisan Women’s Chief of Staff Group and is a co-chair for the Pew Charitable Trust’s Bipartisan Senate Chiefs of Staff Initiative. Higgins is also a graduate of the Stennis Congressional Staff Fellows Program.
Toni-Marie is originally from northern New Jersey and graduated from the University of Maryland, double majoring in Government & Politics and Criminology & Criminal Justice. She lives in Kensington, Maryland with her husband and two young children.