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PAUL COSTA

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PAUL COSTA

(Pennsylvania, )

State Street Strategies DBA One+ Strategies

paul@onestrategies.com
1426 N. 3rd Street, Harrisburg, PA, 17102,

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Links:Website

We win. Period. Our team has a track record of winning in the halls of the capitol.Today's world is oversaturated with information and content. Whether you are trying to pass a piece of legislation, trying to mobilize the public to your cause, or trying to convey your brand's unique position in the marketplace, you need to define what makes you different from the competition.At Maverick Strategies, we use our decades of experience to match the right strategy and tactics to help you convey your message. We win. Differently.

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Paul Costa brings extensive experience in local and state government to Maverick Strategies. He is the former State Representative for the 34th district situated in Allegheny County where he served from 1999 to 2018.

While serving as a legislator he sat on several committees including Appropriations, Liquor Control, Gaming, Policy, Rules, Tourism and Transportation. Costa also served on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, Point Park University Board of Trustees, University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics Board of Fellows and Eastern Area Adult Services.

In 2011 Costa was elected by his peers as Allegheny County Delegation Chair where he served until his appointment as Chairman of the Liquor Control Committee in 2013. While Chairman of the Liquor Control Committee he spearheaded several initiatives including but not limited to beer and wine modernization and consumer convenience. In addition, Costa sponsored several personal pieces of legislation such as the Film Tax Credit, 50/50 legislation which generates millions for non-profits, bills which advocate for the safety of animals, a bill which allowed for automatic granting of a CDL license upon returning home for qualified military personnel and sustainable transportation measures.

Prior to serving the 34th Legislative District, Costa spent more than 20 years working in the Allegheny County Prothonotary's office, ending as Deputy Prothonotary. Costa also served on the Wilkins Township board of commissioners for three years, serving one year as board president. Paul Costa graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Point Park University. Paul resides in Pittsburgh with his wife Kathleen. They have three children Michael, Maria, and Dante.

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DAVID SMITH

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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.

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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) 180 Turning Lives Around

2) Active Hours Inc dba Earnin

3) Actors Fund Home

4) Adler Aphasia Center

5) Advanced Drainage Systems Inc (ADS)

6) Advantage Capital Partners

7) Advocates for Children of NJ

8) Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries

9) Allstate Insurance Co

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

11) Altria Client Services LLC

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

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

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

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

16) American Association of Dental Boards

17) American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers

18) American Kratom Association

19) American Massage Therapy Association NJ Chapter

20) American Specialty Health

21) American Suntanning Association

22) American Water Works Association of NJ

23) American Wood Council

24) Ardent Health Services

25) Arista Networks

26) AshBritt Environmental Inc

27) Association of Environmental Authorities

28) Association of Municipal Assessors of NJ The

29) Asurion LLC

30) Atlantic Richfield Co

31) Atlas Diagnostics

32) Avaya Inc

33) Aveanna Healthcare

34) Balcony Technology Group Inc.

35) Bayview Marina

36) Beacon Specialized Living NJ

37) Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative

38) Bet Makers

39) Beth Medrash Govoha

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

41) Binti Inc

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

43) BP America Inc

44) Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

45) Brief

46) Britton Industries Inc

47) Brown & Connery LLP

48) Bus Patrol America

49) Care Options for Kids

50) CareWell Health Center, formerly BMC Hospital LLC

51) Cedar Management

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

53) Cheshire Home

54) Cigna Corporate Services LLC

55) Coach USA

56) Coalition for Equitable Early Education

57) Coalition of County SPCAs

58) Commission on Dental Competency Assessments

59) CompCare Therapeutics Inc

60) Concentra Medical Centers

61) Concord Engineering Group

62) Constitutional Officers Association of NJ

63) Consumer Technology Association

64) Continent 8 LLC

65) Conventus Inter-Insurance Exchange

66) Council for Private Schools for Children with Special Needs

67) County of Essex

68) Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP

69) DaVita Inc.

70) DCI Group AZ LLC

71) Deborah Heart & Lung Center

72) Delta Dental Plan of NJ Inc

73) DMR Architects PC

74) Doherty Group (The)/Doherty Enterprises

75) Duke Farms Foundation

76) Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters

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

78) ElectroBills Healthcare Solutions

79) Enterprise Holdings

80) Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company

81) F & D Enterprises LLC

82) Fair Funding for Students

83) Fedway Associates

84) Fieldstone Properties LLC

85) Financial Services Institute

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

87) Fox Hollow Golf Partners LLC

88) Frank Ruocco

89) Garden State Coalition of Schools

90) Garden State Municipal JIF

91) Genentech Inc, a Member of the Roche Group

92) Golden Nugget, The

93) Google LLC and its Affiliates

94) Gordian Group The

95) Gourmet Dining

96) GPD Holdings LLC d/b/a CoinFlip

97) Harmony Foundation of NJ

98) HG Vora Capital Management LLC

99) Highlands Rowing Center Inc.

100) Hillsborough Crossings LLC

101) Hope Christian Services

102) Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ

103) iGamingCloud Limited

104) IH Engineers PC

105) Inseparable Action Inc

106) Insurance Auto Auctions

107) Integrity Health

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

109) JNESO

110) John P Holland Charter School

111) Junior Achievement of New Jersey

112) Justice Grown JG New Jersey LLC

113) Kemper Realty Inc

114) LeadingAge New Jersey and Delaware

115) Lefrak

116) Lightspeed Solutions LLC d/b/a Lightspeed Systems formerly STOPit Solutions

117) Lilly USA LLC

118) Line Gaming Holdings Corporation

119) LINY Investor LLC

120) Live Traffic Data LLC

121) Lotto.com

122) Lottoland Ltd

123) Maersk Inc

124) Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council USA

125) Manheim NJ

126) Marino Tortorella & Boyle PC

127) Matheny Medical and Educational Center

128) Maven Construction Corp.

129) McCarter Theater Center

130) Metlife

131) Micro Electronics Inc

132) Mid Atlantic Joint Labor Management Council

133) Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC

134) Molson Coors Beverage Company

135) Mondelez Global LLC

136) Morris & Clara Weshank Family Foundation

137) Morris View Management LLC

138) Motorola Solutions Inc

139) MSD LLC

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

141) National Association of Social Workers NJ/DE

142) National Electrical Contractors Association - Northern New Jersey Chapter

143) National Strategies LLC/Knox Company

144) National Strategies LLC/ReUp Education

145) Natural Products Association

146) NBC Universal Media LLC

147) Nemours Foundation, The

148) Neosurf

149) New Bridge Medical Center

150) New Brunswick Development Corp dba DEVCO

151) New Jersey Interactive LLC dba Tyler New Jersey

152) New York Presbyterian Hospital

153) Newark Opportunity Youth Network

154) NJ Air Conditioning Contractors Association

155) NJ Air Conditioning Contractors of America

156) NJ Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

157) NJ Association of Election Officials

158) NJ Association of Nurse Anesthetists

159) NJ Catholic Conference

160) NJ Civil Justice Institute

161) NJ Coalition of Automotive Retailers (NJCAR)

162) NJ Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board

163) NJ Funeral Directors Services Inc

164) NJ Hall of Fame

165) NJ Institute of Technology

166) NJ Liquor Store Alliance

167) NJ Manufactured Housing Association

168) NJ Marijuana Retailers Association (NJMRA)

169) NJ Municipal Excess Liability Joint Insurance Fund - MELJIF

170) NJ Press Association

171) NJ Private School Council

172) NJ Restaurant and Hospitality Association formerly NJ Restaurant Association

173) NJ School Bus Contractors Association Inc

174) NJ School Counselors Association

175) NJ Society of Certified Public Accountants

176) NJ State Association of Pipe Trades

177) NJ State League of Master Plumbers

178) NJ State Nurses Association

179) NJ State Troopers Fraternal Association

180) NJ Thoroughbred Horsemens Association

181) NJ Veterinary Medical Association

182) NJ Wholesale Marketers Association

183) NJ Wine & Spirits Wholesalers Association

184) Nucor Corporation

185) Nulli Secundus Health Inc.

186) Nulli Secundus Health Inc. dba Birches Health

187) NW Financial Group LLC

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

189) OneMain General Services Corporation

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

191) OTG Management LLC

192) PalCare

193) Palo Alto Networks Inc

194) Partnership for a Drug Free NJ

195) PennEast Pipeline Co LLC

196) Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC

197) PNC Bank

198) PRA Group Inc

199) Prevenitas

200) Princeton Public Affairs Group

201) Pro League Network

202) Progress NJ

203) Progyny

204) Prologis LP

205) Propelus

206) PSE&G Co

207) Public Consulting Group LLC

208) Public Entity Joint Insurance Fund (PEJIF)

209) REED Academy

210) Rising Pharmaceuticals

211) Roblox Corporation

212) Roche Diagnostics Corporation

213) Rush Street Interactive

214) RWJ Barnabas Health

215) Ryan LLC

216) Safepoint Scientific

217) Safety First Healthcare Corp

218) SAS Institute Inc

219) Savannah Energy

220) Secured Finance Network (SFNet)

221) Service Contract Industry Council

222) ServiceMaster Brands

223) Sherwin-Williams Co

224) Skydio

225) Smart Product Innovations Inc.

226) Solar Landscape

227) Somerset Development

228) Southern & Northern NJ Maternal & Child Health Consortiums

229) Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative

230) Special Children's Center The

231) Spencer Savings Bank

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

233) State Troopers NCO Association of NJ

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

235) TD Bank NA

236) Tenax Strategies Inc

237) Thomson West

238) Tiktok Inc.

239) Township of Readington

240) Traveling Vineyards

241) Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

242) United Airlines Inc

243) United Way of Hunterdon County

244) Univision Communications Inc

245) US Facilities Inc

246) USA Architects Corp

247) Utility and Transportation Contractors Association (UTCA)

248) Valley Hospital

249) Vertical Bridge

250) Vertical Bridge REIT LLC

251) VOYCE Inc.

252) Waymo LLC

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

254) West Publishing Co

255) Western LNG LLC

256) Wild Bird Feeding Institute

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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ROGER MANNO

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ROGER MANNO

(Maryland, )

Manno & Associates LLC

rmanno@mannoandassociates.com
202-425-3523
2138 Merrifileds Drive, Silver Spring, MD, 20906,

Roger Manno is an attorney and former Majority Whip in the Maryland Senate, with decades of legislative and regulatory experience at the state and federal levels. As Senate Chair of both the Spending Affordability Committee and the "AELR" regulatory committee (Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review), and as a former member of the Senate Budget & Taxation Committee and the House Economic Matters committee, Roger's experience and senior leadership in Annapolis provides a unique breadth of issue and policy situational awareness, and deep personal relationships with senior members of the Senate, the House, and within the Executive Branch.

1) Acoya Energy

2) Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters

3) Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35

4) Ironworkers Local 5

5) Maryland Fishing and Tourism Association

6) Maryland Rural Development Corporation

7) Mechanical Contractors Association of Metropolitan Washington

8) Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association

9) Mid-Atlantic States District Council of Iron Workers

10) Payactiv

11) Town of Boonsboro

12) Town of Middletown

13) Town of Williamsport

14) UA Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 110

15) UA Plumbers and Steamfitters 489

16) UA Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 10

17) UA Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486

18) UA Plumbers Local 5

19) UA Sprinklerfitters Local 669

20) UA Steamfitters Local 602

21) United Association of Journeymen Plumbers, Gas Fitters, Steam Fitters, and Steam Fitters' Helpers of the United States and Canada (UA)

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Roger Manno has received numerous awards and recognitions, including by the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, United States Department of Defense, Maryland Anesthesiologists Association, Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, Fraternal Order of Police (Maryland State Lodge), International Association of Fire Fighters (Local 1664), Adventist Columbia Union Conference, Plumbers and Gasfitters United Association (Local 5), and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Local 26). Twice awarded Legislator of the Year by Maryland Building and Construction Trades Council (AFL-CIO), Roger also has the unique distinction of being named an honorary member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 26, and is a Journeyman member of Steamfitters United Association Local 602.

Former Maryland Senator Roger Manno is an attorney and legislative and regulatory architect who has spent decades in government service, working in the White House, on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, as Legislative Director and Senior Counsel to members of Congress, and as an elected member of the Maryland House and senior member of the Maryland Senate. As Senate Chairman of both the Spending Affordability Committee and the "AELR" regulatory committee (Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review), Roger advanced reforms that streamlined and strengthened Maryland's regulatory processes, and authored landmark structural reforms that fundamentally transformed Maryland's budget forecasting, revenues, and overall baseline spending. As Senate Majority Whip, Roger worked to build strong voting majorities in order to advance a disciplined legislative agenda across the State of Maryland. An attorney admitted to practice in Maryland, the District of Columbia, the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Armed Forces, and other federal courts, Roger served as Of Counsel to the general practice / civil litigation law firm of Karp, Frosh, Lapidus, Wigodsky & Norwind, P.A., during the period when (now) Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh served as a named Partner. Roger's consulting portfolio consists is broad, with concentrations in appropriations, infrastructure, and labor and workforce development, energy, and finance. Roger's legal practice includes service on behalf of indigent defendants as a Maryland Judiciary Court Appointed Attorney. He holds a joint Juris Doctor / Masters of Intellectual Property Law degree.