Senate Minority Leader-elect Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing) announced on Tuesday several senior staff appointments to the Senate Democratic Caucus.

Mark Burton will serve as Chief of Staff, Scotty Barton will be Whitmer's scheduler and Malcolm Kletke will aid her in committee, floor and constituent work. John Mulcrone will be the caucus' legal counsel and Sam Rockwell will handle human resources for the caucus.

Katie Carey will be the new press secretary for the Senate Democratic Caucus. In addition to Carey, Alex Rossman and Jessica Tramontana will continue to be a part of the communications staff, as well as former Department of Environmental Quality spokesman Bob McCann.