Grace & McEwan Consulting is a comprehensive government relations consulting firm providing services in the lobbying, public policy, procurement, and regulatory arenas. Founded by Jim Grace and Jennifer McEwan, Grace & McEwan Consulting has over 40 years of collective government relations and public policy experience.
1) American Traffic Solutions Inc. DBA Verra Mobility
2) Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide
8) Copenhagen Infrastructure U.S. Service Company
9) County and District Clerk's Association of Texas
11) Grace & McEwan Consulting, LLC
12) Houston Area Women's Center
13) National Rental Home Council
14) Nortex Communications Company
15) Onward Energy
16) Poka Lambro Telecommunications, Inc.
18) TD Bank Group
20) Texans for Commercial Vehicle Litigation Reform
22) Texas Association of Counties
23) Texas Association of County Election Officials
24) Texas Society of Professional Engineers
25) Texas Taxpayers and Research Association
26) Totelcom Communications, LLC
27) Transfr, Inc.
28) US Lighter Association, INC
29) Waymo, LLC
20+ years
Jim Grace advises and advocates for a wide variety of clients on federal, state, and local public policy matters. His deep knowledge of and experience with governments and political campaigns at virtually all levels allow him to assist with complex government relations matters. Jim enhances and protects his clients' business opportunities by monitoring political developments and formulating and implementing strategies to help clients achieve their government relations objectives.
In addition to operating Grace & McEwan, in 2019, Jim and Jennifer McEwan were co-founders of Datum Tech, Inc., a mobile data advertising company. Datum ingested the location data from mobile devices at scale from around the United States and organized that data at the household level using parcel data. Once sorted, the location data could be matched to voter files and other address lists and utilized for highly targeted multiplatform advertising. Jim and Jennifer grew Datum to sixteen employees and yearly revenues of $9 million. They successfully exited in 2024 when Datum was acquired by a publicly traded gaming company.
Prior to forming Grace & McEwan Consulting, Jim chaired the Texas government relations practice at Baker Botts L.L.P. and served as director of Texas state relations and senior counsel at CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Before serving in an in-house counsel capacity, he was a member of a Houston-based international law firm where his practice concentrated on merger and acquisition transactions, securities offerings and general corporate matters for companies involved in oil and gas exploration and production; oil field and energy services; natural gas liquid processing; propane and heating oil and chemical production and distribution.
Jim holds a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Houston Law Center and a B.A. in History from the University of Notre Dame. In 2020, Jim received the University of Houston Law Alumni Association's Pro Bono/Community Service and Leadership Award for his pro bono efforts to secure $45 million in funding for a new building for the Law Center.
From 2016-2019, Jim was the Chair of the Board of Directors for Undies for Everyone, a charity that provides new underwear to underprivileged children, and he continues to serve on that organization's Board. He also currently is on the Board of Directors of the Houston Area Women's Center.
In 2007, the day before he turned 40, Jim took a commission in the United States Navy Reserve, and in 2011-12, he deployed to Afghanistan for nine months, where he served as an intelligence officer with a unit that conducted counterinsurgency operations.
2) American Association of Dental Boards, Inc
3) AT&T
6) Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corp.
9) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries including Superior HealthPlan
11) City of Denton
12) City of Lubbock
14) Creative Solutions in Healthcare Inc.
15) Disaster Recovery Services, LLC
16) Exotic Wildlife Association
17) ExxonMobil
21) High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1
22) International Game Technology
26) MEI Group
27) Natura Resources
30) Professional Bondsmen of Texas
32) SE Legacy Development, LLC
34) Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers
35) Texas Commercial Airport Association
36) Texas Consumer Lenders, LLC
37) Texas Land Title Association
38) Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation LLC
39) Texas Podiatric Medical Association
40) Texas Tech University System
42) Texas Veterinary Medical Association
44) Torn, Chris
45) TXU Energy Retail Company LLC
46) Uhnder Inc
47) Vaquero Ventures
48) Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions
49) Vistra Corp
0-5 years
Logan Spence is a Partner at the Austin office of Hance Scarborough, LLP where he represents trade associations, corporations and interest groups before the state legislature and agencies. Logan began his career in state government in 1999 as an intern for State Senator Robert Duncan. In 2001, he worked as the legislative assistant to State Rep. Warren Chisum. While attending law school in Houston, Logan worked for Harris County Judge Robert Eckels, District Judge Harvey Brown and the government affairs office of El Paso Energy.
Upon graduating from law school, he spent five years as a Policy Director in Gov. Rick Perry's Office of Budget, Planning and Policy covering a wide variety of issues and agencies. Logan moved to the Texas State Senate in 2007 where he served as Sen. Dan Patrick's Chief of Staff.
In 2013, Logan served as the manager for Dan Patrick's campaign for lieutenant governor. This ultimately successful effort, against three established statewide incumbents, gave Logan first-hand experience in political communications, grassroots management and campaign strategy. After leading the transition team, Logan was named Chief of Staff to the Lieutenant Governor in 2015.
Logan's broad experience in the Texas House, Texas Senate as well as the Office's of Governor and Lt. Governor, give him a unique ability to advocate for his clients in Texas government. Logan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Texas Tech University and a Juris Doctorate degree from South Texas College of Law. He has been married to his wife Cynthia for over 20 years and they have four children.
(512)3973001
CenterPoint Energy, 1005 Congress, Suite 650, Austin, TX, 78701,
(512)3054859
300 Colorado Street, Suite 2100, Austin, TX, 78701,
1) Airbnb, Inc.
5) Crown Castle International Corp
8) Greater Houston Partnership
11) Harris County Commissioners Court
13) Houston Municipal Employees Pension System
16) Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas
17) Perry Homes LLC
19) Redwood Capital Investments, LLC
21) Space X (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation)
22) Stedman West Interest, Inc.
23) Texas Building Owners and Managers Association (Texas BOMA)
24) Texas Children's Health Plan
(512)6948065
Post office box 426, Austin, TX, 78767,
(512)4788396
P.O. Box 2632, Austin, TX, 78768,
(512)4979245
7704 Chimney Corners, Austin, TX, 78731,
(512)8259763
P. O. Box 426, Austin, TX, 78767,
(512)4746725
1005 Congress Avenue, Suite 1000, Austin, TX, 78701,
(512)6998698
1212 Guadalupe, Ste. 1003, austin, TX, 78701,
(281)8417925
517 5th St, San Leon, TX, 77539,
(512)7089053
504 West 14th Street, Austin, TX, 78701,
1) American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
2) BlueCross BlueShield of Texas, A Div. of Health Care Service Corp., a Mutual Legal Reserve Company
3) Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
5) Experian
7) Luminant Generation Company LLC
9) Raise Your Hand for Public Schools DBA Raise Your Hand Texas
(512)3054867
300 Colorado Street, Suite 2100, Austin, TX, 78701,
1) Airbnb, Inc.
5) Crown Castle International Corp
8) Greater Houston Partnership
11) Harris County
13) Houston Municipal Employees Pension System
16) Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas
17) Perry Homes LLC
19) Redwood Capital Investments, LLC
21) Space X (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation)
22) Stedman West Interests, Inc.
23) Texas Building Owners and Managers Association (Texas BOMA)
24) Texas Children's Health Plan
(512)9172505
401 Guadalupe St. Apt 1319, Suite 1540, Austin, TX, 78701,
(512)3054859
300 Colorado Street, Suite 2100, Austin, TX, 78701,
1) Airbnb, Inc.
6) Crown Castle
8) Greater Houston Partnership
11) Harris County Commissioners Court
13) Houston Municipal Employees Pension System
16) Landry's, Inc.
17) Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas
18) Perry Homes LLC
20) Redwood Capital Investments, LLC
22) Space X (Space Exploration Technologies Corportation)
23) Stedman West Interest, Inc.
24) Texas Building Owners and Managers Association (Texas BOMA)
25) Texas Children's Health Plan
(713)2261211
600 Travis, Suite 2800, Houston, TX, 77002,
1) Airbnb, Inc.
5) Crown Castle International Corp.
8) Greater Houston Partnership
11) Harris County Commissioners Court
13) Houston Municipal Employees Pension System
16) Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas
17) Perry Homes LLC
19) Redwood Capital Investments, LLC
21) Space X (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation)
22) Stedman West Interests, Inc.
23) Texas Building Owners and Managers Association (Texas BOMA)
24) Texas Children's Health Plan
(512)6460828
408 West 11th Street, 5th Floor, Austin, TX, 78701,
2) Airbnb, Inc.
3) AT&T
7) Constellation Energy Generation, LLC
8) Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
13) Hemisphere Aerospace Investments, LLC
14) Independent Pool and Spa Service Association, Inc.
15) International Franchise Association
16) Jani-King International, Inc.
17) JPI Multifamily Development, LLC
19) Las Vegas Sands Corporation
20) Lower Colorado River Authority
21) MasTec, Inc.
22) My Plates, LLC
23) National Juneteenth Museum
25) Outschool, Inc.
26) PANO AI, Inc.
29) Texas Association of Public Insurance Adjusters
30) Texas Baptist Children's Home
31) Texas Coalition of Homes for Children
32) Texas Pool & Spa Coalition
33) The Central Texas Chapter of The Pool and Hot Tub Alliance
35) Ticket Network
36) Town of Prosper
38) UATP Management, LLC d/b/a Urban Air Adventure Park
39) United States Swim School Association
40) Universal Coin and Bullion, Ltd.
42) Verified Voting
(512)7089053
504 W 14th St, Austin, TX, 78701,
(512)3973046
CenterPoint Energy, 1111 Louisiana St., Houston, TX, 77002,
(713)2075287
CenterPoint Energy, 1111 Louisiana, 19th Floor, Houston, TX, 77002,
(512)4745378
502 E. 11th Street, Suite #420, Austin, TX, 78701,
(713)2075707
1111 Louisiana St., Houston, TX, 77002,
