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KRIS ERICKSON

(Massachusetts, )

Preti Strategies

kerickson@preti.com
(617) 451-8600
60 State St, Suite 1100, Boston, MA, 02109,

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I bring our Preti Strategies clients more than 20 years of policy and legislative experience in Massachusetts. Over the last several years, I have represented many clients across a range of business sectors before various state agencies and the Legislature. Before entering into private practice, I served in a variety of senior leadership positions. My last role with the state was serving as Chief of Staff at the MBTA, helping to lead the $1.7B agency. I also served as the Chief of Staff for the Massachusetts Highway Department, Legislative Director for MassDOT and as the Chief of Staff and Legislative Director for the Assistant Minority Leader in the Senate for five years. This high-level access in these many senior leadership positions have provided me the unique experience of understanding budgets, procurement, political considerations and just generally how decisions get made in a variety of environments. I leverage these attributes, along with a wide network of contacts, to help clients achieve their desired results.

Our entire Preti Strategies team is made up of government "insiders" who have served many years as elected or administration officials or senior level advisors. Together, we have extensive knowledge and an extensive network of connections. We've spent our careers in government and public affairs, and we love putting our experience to work for our clients to help shape policy and advance important business interests.

1) Association of Social Work Boards

2) Avaya LLC

3) Bloom Energy Corporation

4) Boston AFC 2.0 OpCo LLC

5) Caribbean Integration Community Development, Inc.

6) COMPASS PATHWAYS, INC.

7) CRC Communications LLC

8) Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc.

9) Food Solutions Action

10) Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.

11) Humane America Animal Foundation

12) International Interior Design Association, New England Chapter

13) Mark Development LLC

14) Massachusetts Advocates for Children Inc.

15) Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, Inc

16) Massachusetts Mortgage Bankers Association, INC.

17) Massachusetts Railroad Association

18) National Strategies, LLC

19) NCS Pearson, Inc.

20) New England Historic Genealogical Society

21) Northeast Arc, Inc.

22) Notarize, Inc.

23) Opus Inspection Technologies, Inc

24) PLS Financial Services, Inc.

25) Retail Energy Supply Association, Inc.

26) Small Property Owners Association, Inc.

27) Sonesta International Hotels Corporation

28) Stickball, Inc.

29) The Fishing Partnership Health Plan Corporation

30) Transdev North America, Inc.

31) Wellpath Recovery Solutions, LLC

32) WSP USA Inc.

33) Zillow

Helped lead $1.7B agency including management, budget, technology, procurement and legislative affairs at MBTA

Led multiple technology upgrades at MBTA that resulted in a significant leap forward innovation at the agency, also became very proficient in state procurement processes and rules

Helped develop and coordinate strategy to consolidate functions of six transportation departments as Legislative Director at MassDOT

Routinely worked with staff and vendors on hundreds of millions of dollars in road and bridge projects annually

Responsible for writing and tracking all legislation and budget matters for Asst. Minority Leader

Policy Advisor at Preti Strategies

Chief of Staff, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Legislative Director, MassDOT

Chief of Staff, Massachusetts Highway Department

Chief of Staff and Legislative Director, Assistant Minority Leader, Massachusetts Senate

Education:

University of Massachusetts

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DAVID SMITH

(New Jersey, )

Princeton Public Affairs Group Inc

smith@ppag.com
(609) 209-7780
160 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608,

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website, TAG Profile

Princeton Public Affairs Group, the largest government affairs firm in New Jersey, is a multifaceted organization specializing in government relations and communications in New Jersey. We have offices in Trenton, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. with an unparalleled network of contacts throughout the state. The strength of our firm derives from the diverse backgrounds of the firm's partners and associates which include a former President of the New Jersey Senate, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, Counsel to the Governor, Chief Counsel to the General Assembly and several former Directors of the Legislature.

Firm Specialties:
An accomplished bipartisan staff between our Trenton, New Jersey and Washington, DC offices ensures that our clients are well represented on both sides of the political aisle and at all levels of government. The mix and wealth of experience among our professionals provides for expertise in all areas of public policy.

Whatever the task: working our way through the permitting process, delivering a change in a regulation or orchestrating the introduction and passage of major legislation, we've done it.

Wherever the setting: before a Legislative Committee or in the Office of the Governor, we've been there.

Whomever the players: the Commissioner of a State Department, a key Committee aide, the Legislative leadership or the Chief of Staff, we know them.

And each and every one of our clients is assured the benefit of that expertise. You see, at the Princeton Public Affairs Group, our philosophy dictates that each of our clients works with a firm partner. There are no junior executives. This is one of the qualities which separates us from other firms. It gives our clients the best we have. And it works.

1) Active Hours Inc dba Earnin

2) Actors Fund Home

3) Adler Aphasia Center

4) Advantage Capital Partners

5) Allstate Insurance Co

6) Altria Client Services LCC and its Affiliates/Philip Morris USA Inc

7) Altria Client Services LLC

8) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/Helix Innovations LLC

9) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/John Middleton Co

10) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/NJOY LLC

11) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/US Smokeless Tobacco Co

12) American Association of Dental Boards

13) American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers

14) American Kratom Association

15) American Massage Therapy Association NJ Chapter

16) American Specialty Health

17) American Suntanning Association

18) American Water Works Association of NJ

19) American Wood Council

20) Ancestry.com Operations Inc.

21) Ardent Health Services

22) Arista Networks

23) AshBritt Environmental Inc

24) Association of Environmental Authorities

25) Association of Municipal Assessors of NJ The

26) Asurion LLC

27) Atlas Diagnostics

28) Avaya Inc

29) Aveanna Healthcare

30) Balcony Technology Group Inc.

31) Bayview Marina

32) Beacon Specialized Living NJ

33) Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative

34) Bet Makers

35) Beth Medrash Govoha

36) Big Brothers Big Sisters of Coastal and Northern New Jersey

37) BLANKROME

38) Boardwalk 1000 LLC d/b/a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City

39) Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

40) Brief

41) Britton Industries Inc

42) Brown & Connery LLP

43) BusPatrol America LLC

44) Care Options for Kids

45) Cedar Management

46) Chauffeured Transportation Assoc. of NJ rebranded from Limousine Assoc. of NJ

47) Cheshire Home

48) Cigna Corporate Services LLC

49) Coach USA

50) Coalition for Equitable Early Education

51) Coalition of County SPCAs

52) Commission on Dental Competency Assessments

53) CompCare Therapeutics Inc

54) Concentra Medical Centers

55) Concord Engineering Group

56) Constitutional Officers Association of NJ

57) Consumer Technology Association

58) Continent 8 LLC

59) Conventus Inter-Insurance Exchange

60) Council for Private Schools for Children with Special Needs

61) County of Essex

62) CSL Behring

63) Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP

64) DaVita Inc.

65) DCI Group AZ LLC

66) Deborah Heart & Lung Center

67) Delta Dental Plan of NJ Inc

68) DMR Architects PC

69) Doherty Group (The)/Doherty Enterprises

70) Duke Farms Foundation

71) Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters

72) Educational Services Commission of NJ (formerly Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission)

73) EFK Group

74) ElectroBills Healthcare Solutions

75) Enterprise Holdings

76) Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company

77) F & D Enterprises LLC

78) Fair Funding for Students

79) Fedway Associates

80) Fieldstone Properties LLC

81) Financial Services Institute

82) Fontana Law Group LLC d/b/a Crimson Legal Group

83) Fox Hollow Golf Partners LLC

84) Frank Ruocco

85) Garden State Coalition of Schools

86) Genentech Inc, a Member of the Roche Group

87) Genesys Cloud Services Inc.

88) Giggl Childcare

89) Golden Nugget, The

90) Gordian Group The

91) Gourmet Dining

92) GPD Holdings LLC d/b/a CoinFlip

93) Harmony Foundation of NJ

94) HG Vora Capital Management LLC

95) Highlands Rowing Center Inc.

96) Hillsborough Crossings LLC

97) Hope Christian Services

98) Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ

99) iGamingCloud Limited

100) Insurance Auto Auctions

101) Integrity Health

102) Intersection Parent LLC f/k/a Intersection Media LLC

103) John P Holland Charter School

104) Junior Achievement of New Jersey

105) Justice Grown JG New Jersey LLC

106) Kemper Realty Inc

107) Land Conservancy of NJ

108) LeadingAge New Jersey and Delaware

109) Lilly USA LLC

110) Line Gaming Holdings Corporation

111) LINY Investor LLC

112) Live Traffic Data LLC

113) Lotto.com

114) Lottoland Ltd

115) Maersk Inc

116) Magellan Healthcare Inc.

117) Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council USA

118) Manheim NJ

119) Marino Tortorella & Boyle PC

120) Mark43

121) Matheny Medical and Educational Center

122) Maven Construction Corp.

123) McCarter Theater Center

124) Metlife

125) Micro Electronics Inc

126) Mid Atlantic Joint Labor Management Council

127) Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC

128) Modivcare

129) Molson Coors Beverage Company

130) Morris View Management LLC

131) Motorola Solutions Inc

132) MSD LLC

133) National Assoc. of Benefits & Insurance Professionals of NJ

134) National Association of Social Workers NJ Chapter

135) National Strategies LLC / Compass Pathways

136) National Strategies LLC/Knox Company

137) National Strategies LLC/ReUp Education

138) NBC Universal Media LLC

139) Nemours Foundation, The

140) Neosurf

141) New Bridge Medical Center

142) New Brunswick Development Corp dba DEVCO

143) New Jersey Interactive LLC dba Tyler New Jersey

144) NJ Air Conditioning Contractors of America

145) NJ Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

146) NJ Association of Election Officials

147) NJ Association of Nurse Anesthetists

148) NJ Catholic Conference

149) NJ Civil Justice Institute

150) NJ Coalition of Automotive Retailers (NJCAR)

151) NJ Codes Coalition Municipal Electrical Inspectors Association of NJ

152) NJ Energy Coalition

153) NJ Funeral Directors Services Inc

154) NJ Hall of Fame

155) NJ Institute of Technology

156) NJ Liquor Store Alliance

157) NJ Manufactured Housing Association

158) NJ Marijuana Retailers Association (NJMRA)

159) NJ Municipal Excess Liability Joint Insurance Fund - MELJIF

160) NJ Press Association

161) NJ Private School Council

162) NJ Restaurant and Hospitality Association formerly NJ Restaurant Association

163) NJ School Bus Contractors Association Inc

164) NJ Society of Certified Public Accountants

165) NJ State Association of Pipe Trades

166) NJ State League of Master Plumbers

167) NJ State Nurses Association

168) NJ State Troopers Fraternal Association

169) NJ Thoroughbred Horsemens Association

170) NJ Veterinary Medical Association

171) NJ Wholesale Marketers Association

172) NJ Wine & Spirits Wholesalers Association

173) Nucor Corporation

174) Nulli Secundus Health Inc.

175) Nulli Secundus Health Inc. dba Birches Health

176) NW Financial Group LLC

177) Oddin.gg US LLC formerly Oddin.gg.s.r.o

178) OneMain General Services Corporation

179) Ora Apps Inc and its subsidiary company CNK Management Inc

180) PalCare

181) Palo Alto Networks Inc

182) PennEast Pipeline Co LLC

183) Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC

184) Planned Companies

185) PNC Bank

186) Prevenitas

187) Princeton Public Affairs Group

188) Pro League Network

189) Progress NJ

190) Progyny

191) Prologis LP

192) Propelus

193) PSE&G Co

194) Public Consulting Group LLC

195) Public Entity Joint Insurance Fund (PEJIF)

196) REED Academy

197) Responsible Beverage Association of New Jersey

198) Rising Pharmaceuticals

199) Roblox Corporation

200) Roche Diagnostics Corporation

201) Rush Street Interactive

202) RWJ Barnabas Health

203) Ryan LLC

204) Safepoint Scientific

205) Safety First Healthcare Corp

206) Salon Suites Association of New Jersey

207) SAS Institute Inc

208) Savannah Energy

209) Secured Finance Network (SFNet)

210) Service Contract Industry Council

211) Sherwin-Williams Co

212) Smart Product Innovations Inc.

213) Solar Landscape

214) Somerset Development

215) SoulFlora

216) Southern & Northern NJ Maternal & Child Health Consortiums

217) Special Children's Center The

218) Spencer Savings Bank

219) St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Inc.

220) State Troopers NCO Association of NJ

221) Stone Hill Ventures LLC

222) Strategos Public Affairs LLC for Mantra Health Inc.

223) Syensqo Finance (America) LLC formerly Solvay Specialty Polymers USA LLC

224) TD Bank NA

225) Teachers of Tomorrow

226) Tenax Strategies Inc

227) Thomson West

228) Township of Readington

229) Traveling Vineyards

230) Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

231) Turnbull Law Group

232) United Airlines Inc

233) United Way of Hunterdon County

234) Univision Communications Inc

235) US Facilities Inc

236) USA Architects Corp

237) Utility and Transportation Contractors Association (UTCA)

238) Valley Hospital

239) Vertical Bridge

240) Vertical Bridge REIT LLC

241) Virtual Gaming World (VGW) Corporate Services Australia Pty Ltd

242) Waymo LLC

243) Wellcare Health Plans Inc., a subsidiary of Centene Corporation

244) West Publishing Co

245) Western LNG LLC

246) WPT Enterprises inc.

DAVID A. SMITH is a partner in the Princeton Public Affairs Group, is a veteran of the public affairs arena and has successfully managed public affairs campaigns impacting auto insurance, life insurance, tort reform and environmental legislative initiatives. Mr. Smith received national acclaim when he was honored with a ""Pollie Award"" by the American Association of Political Consultants and named to their United States ""Public Affairs Team of the Year." Mr. Smith was also named one of the most influential players in New Jersey's Healthcare arena by the Annual HealthSense Listing. Since 2005, Mr. Smith has been a Commissioner on the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission (nominated by the Governor for two separate four year terms and confirmed by the NJ Senate) and currently serves as an Officer on the Commission (Secretary). Mr. Smith serves on the National Board of Directors of the Public Affairs Council, and was one of the few contract lobbyists in the Country to be appointed to a National Task Force charged with creating ethical standard for lobbyists throughout the United States. Mr. Smith is a founder and member of the Board of Directors of ProtectingAmerica.org, an advocacy organization Co-chaired by James Lee Witt, former Cabinet member under President Clinton and Admiral James Loy, Deputy Director of Homeland Security under President Bush. Mr. Smith also serves as an Officer (1st Vice President) of the New Jersey Hall of Fame Foundation Board of Directors and also serves on the Executive Committee (Secretary) of The Advocacy Group (TAG). Finally, Mr. Smith serves on the Board of Directors as an officer (Treasurer) of the State Capitol Insurance Company RRG, the first professional liability company for lobbyists headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mr. Smith has appeared on television and radio stations representing clients' interests, authored dozens of articles on politics/policy issues in New Jersey and is a frequent guest speaker/lecturer at national and state conferences, legislative hearings, meetings and seminars. He has been a consultant to statewide and legislative political campaigns and is a member of the Executive Finance Committee of the Assembly Democratic Leadership Committee as well as the New Jersey State Democratic Committee. Prior to joining the firm in 1995, Mr. Smith served as Director of Policy and Planning for the New Jersey General Assembly Democratic Office. In that capacity, Mr. Smith supervised the partisan staff of all Assembly Committees and Task Forces while serving as senior staff aide to the insurance and commerce legislative committees. He was a Director with the New Jersey Dental Association from 1985 to 1990 and served on several national and state health care and insurance advisory committees.

Mr. Smith was awarded a Master of Science in Financial Services (MSFS) Degree from the Richard D. Irwin Graduate School of The American College. He is a Graduate Fellow of the Public Affairs Institute, a three year educational program of the Public Affairs Council located in Washington, DC. Mr. Smith also graduated with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Political Science from Gettysburg College.

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JIM O'BRIEN

(Connecticut, )

The Connecticut Group, LLC

jobrien@connecticutgroup.net
860-748-6413
190 Farminghton Avenue, Farminghton, CT, 06032,

Subjects: Business/Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy/Utilities, Environment/Recycling, Finance/Banking, Gaming, Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Privacy/Internet, Taxes, Telecommunications

Links:LinkedIn

The Connecticut Group (TCG) is a bipartisan firm of lawyer-lobbyists that have over 20 years Government Affairs experience in CT. TCG has worked on many major bills covering energy, privacy, data collection, insurance, renewables, recycling and EPR.

1) Allco Finance Limited

2) Association of American Publishers

3) Avaya LLC

4) Brookfield Power US Asset Management LLC

5) Cigar Association of America, Inc.

6) COMPASS Youth Collaborative

7) DeVry University

8) Generation Bridge II, LLC

9) Key Capture Energy, LLC

10) Match Group LLC

11) Mattress Recycling Council Connecticut, LLC

12) Meta Platforms, Inc.

13) Professional Insurance Agents of CT

14) remove test

15) The Carpet and Rug Institute

16) Xpressbet, LLC

15-20 years

It has been a truly great experience to work with The Connecticut Group. They worked incredibly hard to get our issues heard by legislators and regulators. I cannot thank them enough for all of their assistance, advice, and hard work. - Sarah Coli, Professional Insurance Agents of CT

Jim O'Brien, the founder of the firm, has been involved in Connecticut politics and government for the last 20 years. Jim began his political career in college by working as an intern on Capitol Hill. After college, Jim continued to pursue his interest in politics by working on several campaigns and political events and in 1994, Jim went to work in the Connecticut Governor's office as a Legislative Liaison. Jim helped organize the Governor's legislative agenda and his responsibilities included both editing proposed legislation as well as developing and executing a strategy to pass the legislation. He also represented the Governor's office on the Electric Deregulation Working Group, a group formed to analyze ways in which to deregulate the electric utility industry.
Upon leaving the Governor's office in 1997, Jim joined an investment firm. Also, in that year, Jim ran and was elected to the West Hartford Town Council where he served two terms. In 2004, Jim started his own government relations firm, J. O'Brien & Associates, LLC.
Jim received his B.A. in History from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1988 and his J.D. from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in 1995.