Jay Propes is a Partner in Mercury's Austin, Texas office and has represented private companies, individuals, quasi-governmental entities and professional trade associations in over a quarter century as a governmental affairs specialist and lobbyist. He has represented interests before the Texas legislature, state agencies and the United States Congress.
Jay Propes is a political/strategic consultant and lobbyist with over three decades of public-affairs and governmental relations experience at the state and federal levels. After graduating from Baylor in 1990 (B.A., Political Science & Economics), Propes began his career on Capitol Hill working for his hometown Congressman, Ralph Hall, and moved to Austin in mid-1992. He served 8 years as Director of Governmental Affairs and Executive Director for the Texas Ophthalmological Association, representing nearly 900 of Texas' eye physicians and surgeons before the Texas Legislature, agencies, and the U.S. Congress.
Since 2000, Propes has represented a myriad of clients simultaneously in governmental relations, public affairs strategies, and crisis management across almost all business and professional sectors. For over twenty years, he has helped professional associations, affiliated interest groups and corporations assemble legislative and public affairs teams across the United States and coordinate their work across the geographies to develop consistent messaging and strategy to assist in their successes. He advises political action committees in their formation, governance, and operational effectiveness.
Propes is a partner in the public affairs firm Mercury, a subsidiary of Omnicom, with fifteen offices across the United States.
Jay lives in Austin with his wife and two teenage sons.
1625 Eye Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC, 20006,
1) CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
2) COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATION SERVICES
5) ENERGETICS TECHNOLOGY CENTER
7) FRONTLINE WILDFIRE DEFENSE SYSTEMS
10) HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
11) HALOMINE, INC. (D/B/A AVANTGUARD, INC.)
13) HEALTHCARE STERILE PROCESSING ASSOCIATION
14) INTERNATIONAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATION
15) KOA BIO, LLC
17) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CREDIT SPECIALISTS
18) NATIONAL BORDER PATROL COUNCIL
19) NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER ASSOCIATION
20) NATIONAL HISPANIC COALITION OF FEDERAL AVIATION EMPLOYEES
23) SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM
24) THRIXEN
25) TOURO UNIVERSITY
26) UNITED AERIAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION
1625 Eye Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC, 20006,
1) CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
3) ENERGETICS TECHNOLOGY CENTER
5) FRONTLINE WILDFIRE DEFENSE SYSTEMS
8) HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
9) HALOMINE, INC. (D/B/A AVANTGUARD, INC.)
11) HEALTHCARE STERILE PROCESSING ASSOCIATION
12) INTERNATIONAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATION
13) KOA BIO, LLC
1625 Eye Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC, 20006,
202-296-2741
1625 Eye Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC, 20006,
1) BLOOM ENERGY
2) CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
3) COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATION SERVICES
7) ENERGETICS TECHNOLOGY CENTER
9) FRONTLINE WILDFIRE DEFENSE SYSTEMS
10) GAME AEROSPACE
11) GLUCOTRACK, INC.
12) HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
13) HALOMINE, INC. (D/B/A AVANTGUARD, INC.)
15) HEALTHCARE STERILE PROCESSING ASSOCIATION
16) INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL NO. 36
17) INTERNATIONAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATION
18) KOA BIO, LLC
20) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CREDIT SPECIALISTS
21) NATIONAL BORDER PATROL COUNCIL
22) NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER ASSOCIATION
23) NATIONAL HISPANIC COALITION OF FEDERAL AVIATION EMPLOYEES
26) SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM
27) SKAYL
28) SMARTWORX
29) THRIXEN
30) TOURO UNIVERSITY
31) UNITED AERIAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION
32) UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE LABOR COMMITTEE
1625 Eye Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC, 20006,
1) BLOOM ENERGY
2) CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
3) COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATION SERVICES
5) ENERGETICS TECHNOLOGY CENTER
7) FRONTLINE WILDFIRE DEFENSE SYSTEMS
10) HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
11) HALOMINE, INC. (D/B/A AVANTGUARD, INC.)
13) HEALTHCARE STERILE PROCESSING ASSOCIATION
16) KOA BIO, LLC
18) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CREDIT SPECIALISTS
19) NATIONAL BORDER PATROL COUNCIL
20) NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER ASSOCIATION
21) NATIONAL HISPANIC COALITION OF FEDERAL AVIATION EMPLOYEES
24) SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM
25) THRIXEN
26) TOURO UNIVERSITY
27) UNITED AERIAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION