A spokeswoman for House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) is leaving Congress to work for North Carolina's new Republican governor.

Crystal Feldman, a North Carolina native who joined Hastings' committee at the beginning of the 112th Congress, will serve as press secretary for Gov. Pat McCrory, who was inaugurated last weekend.

Feldman supported the committee's work on endangered species, public lands and forests, wildfires, logging, and fisheries, among other issues.

The Georgetown University graduate previously served as spokeswoman for the California Republican Party and was communications director for Sue Lowden's 2010 run for Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Nevada, a race Lowden lost to Sharron Angle.

Feldman has also served as an account manager for the DCI Group and was an associate at Sulgrave Partners.