U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) today announced two new hires for his Senate communications team.

Maya Krishna-Rogers has joined the Booker office as Press Secretary. She most recently served on the campaign communications team at EMILY’s List. Previously, she worked at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and on Rep. John Delaney’s presidential campaign. Maya is from Potomac, Maryland and graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.

Kiara McGowan has joined the Booker office as Creative Director. Most recently, Kiara was the Campaign Director for Shape Up The Vote, a campaign focused on voter registration and activation in barbershops and salons across Virginia. Before Shape Up The Vote, Kiara was the Digital Director for Jennifer Carroll Foy’s gubernatorial race in Virginia’s Democratic primary, and Deputy Digital Director for Senator Mark Warner’s (D-VA) re-election in 2020. Kiara is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and a native of Richmond, Virginia.