Tim Bertocci

Tim Bertocci is the Chief of Staff to Congressman Dean Phillips (DFL-MN), who sits on the Foreign Affairs, Small Business and Ethics Committees as well as the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. In 1999 Mr. Bertocci graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned as an Armor officer. During his nine years of service, Mr. Bertocci served in various leadership positions in the Active and Reserve Components, to include serving in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom III. Mr. Bertocci earned a Master of Arts degree from the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University in 2008 and has worked in various roles to include Legislative Assistant and Legislative Director for Congressman Tim Walz, Senior Operations Advisor for the Joint IED Defeat Organization, Foreign Service Officer in Havana, Cuba, and, currently, adjunct instructor in the Political Science Department at the United States Naval Academy teaching a class on irregular warfare.