Parker Schaffel leads the Partnership’s marketing efforts and its strategy to engage the federal workforce. His grandfather, who was an air force officer and civilian intelligence analyst, piqued his interest in federal service, and Parker’s own journey in government began when he joined the CIA as an intelligence analyst in 2007. He spent much of his time from 2011 to 2013 in the Middle East before developing his skills in communications and marketing. Parker’s favorite civil servant is former Ambassador R. Steven Beecroft, who was Parker’s Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq and was US Ambassador to Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt.