JNCL-NCLIS Partners with Jon Bernstein as Director of Government Relations

WASHINGTON, D.C, November 11, 2020 -- The Joint National Committee for Languages and the National Council for Languages and International Studies (JNCL-NCLIS), the premier advocacy organization for America’s Language Enterprise, has partnered with Jon Bernstein of Bernstein Strategy Group to serve as the organization’s Director of Government Relations.

Bernstein brings 25 years of Washington, DC experience to his new role as Director of Government Relations for JNCL-NCLIS. He began his Washington, DC tenure as a Legislative Fellow for Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), working on immigration, crime, intellectual property and judiciary issues. His education advocacy career commenced when he became Legislative Counsel for The Lightspan Partnership, an educational software company. Bernstein went on to lobby for the National Education Association and the Federal Communications Commission. In 2005, Bernstein founded his own government relations firm, Bernstein Strategy Group, and has worked for high-profile clients like Apple, the American Federation of School

Administrators (AFSA), and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).

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