The state treasurer’s office confirmed Friday that it has recently hired two new staffers -- one of whom is a familiar face on Smith Hill.

Cay C. Massouda has taken a job as a $45,931-a-year senior legal administrator. A State House regular in recent years, she occupied a basement office with the state’s Law Revision Office until 2005.

The treasurer’s office tells Political Scene that Massouda most recently worked as chief legal counsel for Media Boston, an international public relations and consulting firm based in the Hub.

The treasurer’s other new staffer, Maryann Pernorio, comes to state government from the private sector.

On paper, Pernorio appears to be more than qualified for the $45,773-a-year position of retirement counselor: She holds an MBA from Harvard’s Graduate School of Business, and has served as finance director for Providence Energy and more recently for Lifescan Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company in California.

You may also know Pernorio, 44, from her bicycling adventures.

In 2001, Pernorio rode her bike from Oregon to New Hampshire — a trek of almost 3,600 miles that raised $51,000 for the Diabetes Foundation of Rhode Island. She averaged 80 miles each day during the 50-day journey.