Beegle, Feinberg Tapped for Star-Spangled Positions

Two women with ties to county government have accepted positions with the committee Star-Spangled 200, the nonprofit charged with organizing the bicentennial celebration of the War of 1812.

Ann Beegle and Jill Feinberg have been named executive director and director of communications, respectively, according to a newsletter from the organization.

Beegle served as Jim Smith's chief of staff during his first term as county executive. She left that position to run Smith's 2006 re-election campaign. She was also responsible for coordinating efforts that year that many credit with helping Martin O'Malley cut into Robert Ehrlich's 2002 margin of victory and defeat the Republican incumbent governor.

Last year, Beegle assisted Smith and ran campaigns for Democratic Council members Cathy Bevins and Tom Quirk. She also worked on the 2010 city state's attorney campaign for Greg Bernstein.

A job with a limited shelf life sets up Beegle for her next campaign job(s) in 2014.

Feinberg previously served as director of conference and tourism for the county's Department of Economic Development.  Prior to that, she worked in communications and marketing at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Marriott International.