Jeff brings over 20 years of experience in federal policy, government Jeff brings over twenty years of Capitol Hill, government relations, federal marketing, and business development experience to the firm and its clients.

Throughout his career, Jeff has worked with corporations, hospitals, colleges, charities, and municipalities to help them develop strategies to succeed in Washington. With a policy focus on national security, clean energy, tax, and institutional advocacy, Jeff specializes in helping the firm’s clients promote their federal policy and funding objectives. Additionally, Jeff has worked with companies big and small to secure federal research dollars for product development, open doors to enable the sale of clients’ products and services to the U.S. government, and create partnerships within the private sector to bolster clients’ bottom lines.

A native of Louisiana, Jeff began his career as a senior legislative advisor to Senator Mary Landrieu on defense, military construction, foreign affairs, veterans affairs, and trade policy. While working with Senator Landrieu—a member of both the Senate Armed Services Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee—Jeff worked on key legislative initiatives, including eliminating the Social Security offset that military widows and widowers pay on their spouses’ survivor benefits; increasing the Navy’s shipbuilding budget; and raising funding levels for National Guard, Reserve forces, and SOCOM weapons procurement. Having worked on a number of major bipartisan initiatives for the co-chair of the Senate Centrist Coalition, Jeff is trusted by members and congressional staff on both sides of the aisle.

Prior to co-founding the firm, Jeff was an officer at several leading Washington, DC-based government relations firms. Over the years, he has managed a portfolio of clients including cutting-edge defense, telecommunications, life sciences, engineering, academia, and automotive companies. He has also represented several international energy, aerospace, and logistics companies. He helped a startup automobile manufacturer win more than $500 million in loan guarantees from the Department of Energy to perform R&D and modernize a production plant. He helped secure several million dollars in Department of Defense funding for various clients working on advanced medical research to protect U.S. troops in theater. Jeff recently helped initiate funding for an industry coalition to partner with a DOD research lab to develop groundbreaking additive manufacturing capabilities. For his international clients, Jeff helped research and determine locations around the U.S. to establish American headquarters.

Education

BA, George Washington University

JD, Washington University School of Law