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Confluence Strategies, Inc. is the leading government affairs agency in Alaska. With over 100 years of experience, we represent the largest and most impactful entities that operate in the Last Frontier.

1) Alaska Dental Society

2) Alaska Electric Light and Power

3) Alaska Salmon Aquaculture Association (PWSAC, VFDA, NSRAA, KRAA)

4) American Property Casualty Insurance Association

5) Apple Inc.

6) Article IV

7) BrightSpring Health Services c/o MultiState Associates LLC

8) City of Galena

9) City of Seward

10) CITY OF WASILLA

11) ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.

12) Constantine Mining LLC

13) Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc.

14) Doyon, Limited

15) Galena City School District 2

16) GCI

17) GEICO

18) Huna Totem Corporation

19) Jacobs Solutions Inc.

20) JAG Alaska, Inc.

21) LifeMed Alaska

22) Marnell Gaming Management, LLC

23) NANA Regional Corporation

24) NeoGames, US LLP c/o MultiState Associates LLC

25) Ouzinkie Native Corporation

26) Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

27) Purse Seine Vessel Owners

28) Rio Tinto

29) Royal Caribbean Group USA, Inc.

30) Saltchuk

31) SEARHC

32) Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science

33) SHI International

34) Sunnova Energy International Inc

35) Teck Alaska Incorporated

36) University of Washington Schol of Medicine

11-15 years

Commonwealth North Board of Directors (Member)
USA Hockey Pacific District Board of Directors (Chariman)
USA Hockey Board of Directors (Member)
IIHF Representative - Team USA NTDP U-17 (Kazan, Russia)
Safari Club International (Past Member)

- Harry McDonald, Saltchuk Managing Director, Alaska

- Aaron Schutt, CEO, Doyon Limited

- Andy Teuber, Chairman & CEO, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)

- Charles Clement, CEO, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC)

- Jim Hunt, City Manager - City of Whittier, Alaska

Kristopher Knauss is a fourth generation Alaskan. He graduated with honors from Arizona State University with a B.S. in Political Science and History. During his tenure at Arizona State, Mr. Knauss actively engaged in government affairs and politics, serving as intern to the United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and then as campaign staff for the first female Governor of Arizona, Jane Dee Hull.

After returning to Alaska, Mr. Knauss served as a legislative aide to the Alaska State Senate President for two years. He became Chief of Staff to the Alaska State House Rules Committee and then Chief of Staff to Alaska State Speaker of the House where he served for approximately two years.

Because of Mr. Knauss' familiarity with state government from the executive and legislative branches, Governor Murkowski appointed him Director of Policy for the State of Alaska. In this role, he interfaced on a daily basis with the Governor, Chief of Staff, and Cabinet members. Additionally, Mr. Knauss represented the Governor and was his lead staff person with non-partisan organizations such as the National Governors' Association, Western Governors' Association, Council of State Governments, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, as well as partisan groups such as the Republican Governors' Association and the Republican National Committee.

Government Affairs is a constantly changing environment that requires a unique and first hand understanding to be effective and take full advantage of the opportunities involved and presented. Mr. Knauss has this understanding and in June 2005 resigned his position to join the private sector as the owner and principal of The Knauss Group, LLC, which specializes in government affairs consulting and lobbying the State of Alaska.

In his personal time, Mr. Knauss continues in his elected position on the Board of Directors for USA Hockey, and serves as Chairman of the USA Hockey Pacific District. In this role, Mr. Knauss oversees youth player development along the west coast and works closely with the United States National Team Development Program (USNTDP). Most recent, Mr. Knauss was elected to the Commonwealth North Board of Directors in his professional capacity.

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DANA SIMPSON

(North Carolina, )

Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchel & Jernigan LLP

dsimpson@smithlaw.com
919-821-6756
Post Office Box 2611, Raleigh, NC, 27602,

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website, TAG Profile

Dana Simpson co-chairs the Government Relations practice at Smith Anderson and regularly represents clients before the North Carolina General Assembly and with State agencies.

Dana advises clients regarding legislative and regulatory advocacy, public relations, issues management, economic development initiatives, ethics, and campaign finance law compliance. Dana has been consistently rated one of the most influential lobbyists in North Carolina by both the nonpartisan N.C. Center for Public Policy Research and The North State Journal.

Prior to law school, Dana served as Special Assistant for Communications and Policy to the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives.

Dana also has experience representing clients on rule-making and administrative law matters. He served as a member of the North Carolina Rules Review Commission from 2003-2006.

1) Acadia Healthcare, Inc.

2) Accenture LLP

3) Acentra Health

4) Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T North Carolina

5) BenefitFocus.com, Inc.

6) Community Care of North Carolina, Inc.

7) Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

8) DaVita, Inc.

9) Dell Technologies Inc.

10) Duke Energy Business Services LLC

11) First Flight Venture Center, Inc.

12) Foundation Medicine, Inc.

13) Gilead Sciences, Inc.

14) Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA

15) Granville County

16) Granville Health System

17) ID.me, Inc.

18) Instructure, Inc.

19) Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

20) Massage Envy -- North Carolina Region Co-op

21) ModivCare Solutions, LLC

22) Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company

23) NC Museum of Art Foundation

24) North Carolina Biotechnology Center

25) North Carolina Dental Society

26) North Carolina Oncology Association

27) North Carolina Railroad Company

28) North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists

29) North Carolina Travel and Tourism Coalition

30) Novartis Services, Inc.

31) Purdue Pharma LP

32) SCI North Carolina Funeral Services, Inc.

33) ServiceNow, Inc.

34) South Granville Water and Sewer Authority

35) VMware LLC and its Affiliates

36) Volvo Group North America, LLC

37) WakeMed Health and Hospitals

20+ years

"North Carolina's Top Lobbyists" - North State Journal (2020)
Best Lawyers Government Relations Practice (2009-2022)
Business North Carolina Legal Elite
Triangle Business Journal "40 Under 40 Leadership Award (2012)

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JULIA JERNIGAN

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JULIA JERNIGAN

(Oklahoma, )

Creative Capitol Strategies

julia@creativecapitolstrategies.com
(405) 471-2499
2929 SARAH LN, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 73131,

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

Our philosophy is to successfully represent the interests of our clients with the effectiveness, professionalism and integrity that others will strive to meet and be challenged to exceed.

1) ALKERMES

2) CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTERS OF OKLAHOMA

3) COMMISSION ON DENTAL COMPETENCY ASSESSMENTS-WESTERN REGIONAL EXAMINING BOARD-COUNCIL OF INTERSTATE T

4) CREATIVE CAPITOL STRATEGIES, LLC d/b/a CREATIVE CAPITOL STRATEGIES

5) DOCUSIGN, INC.

6) FAMILY FOCUSED TREATMENT ASSOCIATION-OKLAHOMA CHAPTER

7) HOME & COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES COUNCIL, INC.

8) KI BOIS COMMUNITY ACTION FOUNDATION, INC.

9) MUTUALINK

10) NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS, INC.

11) OKLAHOMA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION, INC.

12) OKLAHOMA CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION

13) OKLAHOMA DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION

14) OKLAHOMA FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, INC.

15) OKLAHOMA HOTEL AND MOTEL ASSOCIATION, INC.

16) OKLAHOMA INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSUMERS d/b/a OIEC

17) OKLAHOMA MEDICAL EQUIPMENT PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION, INC d/b/a CREATIVE CAPITOL STRATEGIES

18) OKLAHOMA OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION

19) OKLAHOMA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

20) OKLAHOMA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION

21) OKLAHOMA STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION

22) OKLAHOMA TRAVEL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

23) OKLAHOMA WRECKER OWNERS ASSOCIATION

24) OSBI AGENTS ASSOCIATION, INC.

25) QUALTRICS, LLC

26) RIVIAN, LLC

27) THE SHAWNEE TRIBE

28) TOKENEX, LLC

29) UNITE USA INC.

30) VIEMED d/b/a CREATIVE CAPITOL STRATEGIES

Julia's achievements in her field have earned her recognition from the Oklahoma's 30 under 30, alumni status for OKC's LOYAL Program and Leadership Exchange Academy.

Julia Jernigan is Executive Director of Oklahoma Behavioral Health Association, which is a trade association made up of private mental health and addiction treatment providers. She also works with the Oklahoma House and Senate to fundraise for various PACs as well as individual members. Her involvement with clients includes assisting them with everything from marketing, issues management, media relations, strategic planning, public policy training and fundraising.

She earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Central Oklahoma and a Master's in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma. Prior to her current position, she was the Program Director at the National Alliance for Mental Illness and worked in various advocacy capacities.

Julia is a member of Junior League of Oklahoma City. She is also on the Board of Directors for the Care Center, serves as the Vice Chair and Co-Founder for the Young Professional Board of ReMerge, and volunteers in various organizations in her community.

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CHRISTOPHER CARPENTER

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CHRISTOPHER CARPENTER

(Georgia, )

Cornerstone Government Affairs

ccarpenter@cgagroup.com
(678) 384 - 4101
1100 PEACHTREE STREET, SUITE 650, ATLANTA, GA, 30309,

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Clients

1) ACCEL SCHOOLS

2) ALBANY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

3) AMERICAN PEANUT SHELLERS ASSOCIATION

4) AMERICAN WELL CORPORATION

5) BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY (BD)

6) CENTRAL GEORGIA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION

7) CITY OF BAINBRIDGE

8) CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

9) DECATUR COUNTY

10) DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF BAINBRIDGE AND DECATUR COUNTY

11) DIRECTV

12) DISH NETWORK LLC

13) DOUGHERTY COUNTY COMMISSION

14) EMORY UNIVERSITY

15) FANFREEDOM PROJECT

16) FLINT ENERGIES

17) GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN

18) GEORGIA BIO

19) GEORGIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION

20) GEORGIA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION

21) GEORGIA RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION

22) GEORGIA SOCIETY FOR HEARING PROFESSIONALS

23) GEORGIA TRANSMISSION CORPORATION

24) GEORGIANS FOR QUALITY HOUSING OPTIONS, INC.

25) GOOGLE, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES

26) HORIZON THERAPEUTICS

27) IRWIN ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION

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THOMAS ALSUP

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6-10 years

With more than 20 years of experience in building relationships between the public and private sector, Tommy Alsup leads all state and local government relations efforts for The Vogel Group.

Tommy previously served as Vice President of Government Affairs for Envision Healthcare, a $15 billion healthcare and national hospital-based physician group. At Envision, Tommy was responsible for sourcing and managing state-level lobbyists to ensure that the company's strategic goals were met with governors, state legislators and local officials across the country. His efforts were critical in securing favorable public policy on surprise medical billing issues in Georgia, Florida and Tennessee.

Tommy is an expert in managing national sales and procurement teams for companies seeking to grow revenue through state and local funding initiatives. He has overseen multiple requests for proposals (RFP) and large-scale procurement contracts for companies and industries alike.

In previous roles, Tommy was a senior-level government relations executive at Corizon Health and CoreCivic, the nation's largest owner of correctional, detention and residential reentry facilities.

With a strong, bi-partisan background in the state of Tennessee, Tommy served as Mayor of Oak Hill from 2002 to 2010, where he worked in partnership with Governor Phil Bredesen (D-TN) and Mayor Bill Purcell (D-Nashville, TN).

Tommy remains strongly engaged with the office of Governor Bill Lee (R-TN) and his administration.

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DENNIS F. RASMUSSEN

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DENNIS F. RASMUSSEN

(Maryland, )

The Rasmussen Group, L.L.C.

dfr@rasmussengrp.net
410-821-4445
306 West Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, MD, 21204,

The Rasmussen Group, LLC has been a registered lobbyist serving well over 300 individual clients during the past 30 YEARS. Mr. Rasmussen served as County Executive of Baltimore County responsible for operating one of the largest county governments in the nation, essentially functioning as CEO with full responsibility over a $1.5 billion budget with 19,000 employees. Baltimore County government was the frontline provider of all public services for some 850,000 residents. During his tenure as Baltimore County Executive, he was elected by his peers as Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Urban County Executives and Chairman of the Baltimore Regional Council of Governments (Baltimore City and Baltimore, Carroll, Anne Arundel, Harford, and Howard Counties). He held two terms in the Maryland State Senate, serving first as Majority Whip and then as Chairman of the prestigious Senate Finance Committee. In addition, and because of his banking and finance background, he chaired the Joint Budget and Audit Committee. He was nationally recognized when selected as One of Ten Outstanding Legislators in the United States. Prior to his election as a State Senator, he served one term in the Maryland House of Delegates and sat on several Committees including House Appropriations and the Joint Committee on Personnel and Management. He also chaired an ad hoc Committee on State Data Processing and IT Management.

1) Baltimore Children's Museum, Inc. dba Port Discovery Children's Museum

2) Chesapeake Renewable Energy, LLC

3) Chesapeake Ventures Development, LLC

4) Greater Ocean City Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Inc.

5) HarborRock Holdings, LLC

6) Maryland Mortgage Bankers & Brokers Association (MMBBA)

7) MedStar Health

8) Mid-Atlantic Microbials, LLC

9) Mortgage Bankers Association of Metropolitan Washington

10) Remedy Analytics, Inc.

11) Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo, LLC

20+ years

Volunteered time and skills for numerous community efforts and has successfully chaired the capital campaigns of several major community nonprofit projects. Earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Loyola University, Maryland, served as an Adjunct Professor in Political Science and Government, where he was later recognized for his achievements by receiving the Loyola College Alumni Laureate Award. During his sixteen-year public service career, he was selected as the Most Valuable Public Official in America. Served as Board of Directors Chair for Towson University and MedStar Health-Franklin Square Medical Center.

The Rasmussen Group possesses an abundance of close relationships and connections with key decision makers and legislators in the State of Maryland and its political subdivisions. These interpersonal relationships include but are not limited to all three Branches of State government: Executive, Legislative and Judicial. The firm seeks to influence, persuade, and promote the issues, interests, and positions of its clients in an ethical manner to achieve and resolve important business issues. The firm has almost immediate access to Maryland's constitutional officers, cabinet members, legislative Committee chairs and legislative members, and County Executives/Commissioners and Mayors. The firm is capable of implementing and coordinating lobbying activities in multiple States (currently 14 East Coast States).

Senator Rasmussen possesses a wealth of experience, both in elected and appointed offices of State and local government, and private sector experience in the fields of government relations, business development, association management, banking/financial services, public relations and marketing services, as well as the directorships on various boards of major corporate entities, educational institutions and community nonprofits. Senator Rasmussen, as an entrepreneur, has successfully developed and operated several businesses in the fields of information software technology, computer systems, alternative energy, and real estate development. The Rasmussen firm represents the interests of major and regional corporations, professional trade Alliances and business groups, and provides a comprehensive scope of services to all legislative and executive branches of government at the Federal, State and Local/Municipal levels.