Shaheen Chief Takes Family Legacy to Senate

• By Alison McSherry
• Roll Call Staff
• Dec. 16, 2009, Midnight

Maura Keefe, chief of staff to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), owes her career to her father, but not in the way one might immediately expect. It’s true that she’s the second chief of staff in her family. From 1962 to 1967, her father, James Keefe, served as chief of staff to New Hampshire Sen. Tom McIntyre (D). But her father also helped pave the way for his daughter’s success — not through nepotism, but through legislation.