Bailee Payne currently serves as a Communications Specialist at the Minnesota Department of Health, a position held since April 2023. Prior experience includes roles as a Digital Media Coordinator and Media Relations Specialist for the Minnesota Senate from April 2021 to April 2023, and as a Communications Manager for the Minnesota DFL Party from August 2022 to November 2022. Bailee also worked as an Operations Assistant at Great Lakes Northern Outfitter from November 2019 to October 2021 and as a Shopper Support Agent at Sezzle from June 2020 to April 2021. Earlier experiences include serving as a Page for the Minnesota Senate in early 2020 and as a Substitute Teacher at Tulsa Public Schools in 2018. Bailee holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, obtained from Oral Roberts University between 2014 and 2016.