Barrett Karr will join The Carlyle Group next month as chief of its U.S. government affairs organization. She takes over for Bryan Corbett, who is moving to another slot at the asset management company.

Karr was majority staff director at the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, where she was responsible for a staff of 50.

She also organized the committee’s agenda/schedule and coordinated activities with her counterparts in the Senate and White House.

Earlier, she was deputy assistant for legislative affairs in the George W. Bush White House.

At Carlyle, Karr will serve as a principal in its global external affairs group. David Marchick is the investment firm’s global head of external affairs.