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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,

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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) Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries (AHCSM)

6) Allstate Insurance Co

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

8) Altria Client Services LLC

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

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

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

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

13) American Association of Dental Boards

14) American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers

15) American Kratom Association

16) American Massage Therapy Association NJ Chapter

17) American Specialty Health

18) American Suntanning Association

19) American Water Works Association of NJ

20) American Wood Council

21) AMSURGE c/o Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

22) Ancestry.com Operations Inc.

23) Ardent Health Services

24) Arista Networks

25) AshBritt Environmental Inc

26) Association of Environmental Authorities

27) Association of Municipal Assessors of NJ The

28) Asurion LLC

29) Atlas Diagnostics

30) Avaya Inc

31) Aveanna Healthcare

32) Balcony Technology Group Inc.

33) Bayview Marina

34) Beacon Specialized Living NJ

35) Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative

36) Bet Makers

37) Beth Medrash Govoha

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

39) BLANKROME

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

41) Braeburn Inc.

42) Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

43) Brief

44) Britton Industries Inc

45) Brown & Connery LLP

46) Buckeye Brine LLC

47) BusPatrol America LLC

48) BVNK

49) Cedar Management

50) Charlie Health Inc.

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

52) Cheshire Home

53) CME Group

54) Coach USA

55) Coalition for Equitable Early Education

56) Coalition for Home Equity Partnership (CHEP)

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) Coppola Services Inc.

67) Council for Private Schools for Children with Special Needs

68) County of Essex

69) CSL Behring

70) Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP

71) DaVita Inc.

72) DCI Group AZ LLC

73) Deborah Heart & Lung Center

74) Delta Dental Plan of NJ Inc

75) DMR Architects PC

76) Doherty Group (The)/Doherty Enterprises

77) Duke Farms Foundation

78) Eagleview Group LLC

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

80) EFK Group

81) ElectroBills Healthcare Solutions

82) Enterprise Holdings

83) Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company

84) F & D Enterprises LLC

85) Fair Funding for Students

86) Fedway Associates

87) Fieldstone Properties LLC

88) Financial Services Institute

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

90) Fox Hollow Golf Partners LLC

91) Frank Ruocco

92) Garden State Coalition of Schools

93) Genentech Inc, a Member of the Roche Group

94) Genesys Cloud Services Inc.

95) Giggl Childcare

96) Golden Nugget, The

97) Gordian Group The

98) Gourmet Dining

99) GPD Holdings LLC d/b/a CoinFlip

100) Harmony Foundation of NJ

101) Hello Heart Inc.

102) HG Vora Capital Management LLC

103) Highlands Rowing Center Inc.

104) Hillsborough Crossings LLC

105) Hope Christian Services

106) Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ

107) iGamingCloud Limited

108) Indiana Professional Management Corp.

109) Insurance Auto Auctions

110) Integrity Health

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

112) John P Holland Charter School

113) Johnson Controls Inc

114) Junior Achievement of New Jersey

115) Just Bee the Change

116) Justice Grown JG New Jersey LLC

117) Kaleo Inc

118) Kemper Realty Inc

119) Land Conservancy of NJ

120) LeadingAge New Jersey and Delaware

121) Lilly USA LLC

122) Line Gaming Holdings Corporation

123) LINY Investor LLC

124) Live Traffic Data LLC

125) Lotto.com

126) Lottoland Ltd

127) Maersk Inc

128) Magellan Healthcare Inc.

129) Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council USA

130) Manheim NJ

131) Marino Tortorella & Boyle PC

132) Mark43

133) Matheny Medical and Educational Center

134) Maven Construction Corp.

135) McCarter Theater Center

136) Metlife

137) Micro Electronics Inc

138) Mid Atlantic Joint Labor Management Council

139) Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC

140) Modivcare

141) Molson Coors Beverage Company

142) Morris View Management LLC

143) Motorola Solutions Inc

144) MSD LLC

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

146) National Association of Social Workers NJ Chapter

147) National Strategies - Everlaw

148) National Strategies LLC / Compass Pathways

149) National Strategies LLC/Knox Company

150) National Strategies LLC/ReUp Education

151) NBC Universal Media LLC

152) Nemours Foundation, The

153) New Bridge Medical Center

154) New Brunswick Development Corp dba DEVCO

155) New Jersey Interactive LLC dba Tyler New Jersey

156) New Jersey Jobs, Growth & Prosperity Coalition

157) NJ Air Conditioning Contractors of America

158) NJ Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

159) NJ Association of Election Officials

160) NJ Association of Nurse Anesthetists

161) NJ Catholic Conference

162) NJ Civil Justice Institute

163) NJ Coalition of Automotive Retailers (NJCAR)

164) NJ Codes Coalition Municipal Electrical Inspectors Association of NJ

165) NJ Funeral Directors Services Inc

166) NJ Hall of Fame

167) NJ Hospital Association

168) NJ Institute of Technology

169) NJ Liquor Store Alliance

170) NJ Manufactured Housing Association

171) NJ Marijuana Retailers Association (NJMRA)

172) NJ Municipal Excess Liability Joint Insurance Fund - MELJIF

173) NJ Press Association

174) NJ Private School Council

175) NJ Restaurant and Hospitality Association formerly NJ Restaurant Association

176) NJ School Bus Contractors Association Inc

177) NJ Society of Certified Public Accountants

178) NJ State Association of Pipe Trades

179) NJ State League of Master Plumbers

180) NJ State Nurses Association

181) NJ State Troopers Fraternal Association

182) NJ Thoroughbred Horsemens Association

183) NJ Veterinary Medical Association

184) NJ Wholesale Marketers Association

185) NJ Wine & Spirits Wholesalers Association

186) Nucor Corporation

187) Nulli Secundus Health Inc.

188) Nulli Secundus Health Inc. dba Birches Health

189) NW Financial Group LLC

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

191) Ohm Theory LLC

192) OneMain General Services Corporation

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

194) PalCare

195) Palo Alto Networks Inc

196) Partnership for Innovative Action (The)

197) PennEast Pipeline Co LLC

198) Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC

199) Planned Companies

200) PNC Bank

201) Porchetta Companies Ltd.

202) Prevenitas

203) Princeton Public Affairs Group

204) Pro League Network

205) Progress NJ

206) Progyny

207) Prologis LP

208) Propelus

209) PSE&G Co

210) Public Consulting Group LLC

211) Public Entity Joint Insurance Fund (PEJIF)

212) REED Academy

213) Responsible Beverage Association of New Jersey

214) Rising Pharmaceuticals

215) Roblox Corporation

216) Roche Diagnostics Corporation

217) Rush Street Interactive

218) RWJ Barnabas Health

219) Ryan LLC

220) Safepoint Scientific

221) Safety First Healthcare Corp

222) Salon Suites Association of New Jersey

223) SAS Institute Inc

224) Savannah Energy

225) Secured Finance Network (SFNet)

226) Service Contract Industry Council

227) Sherwin-Williams Co

228) Smart Product Innovations Inc.

229) Socure Inc.

230) Solar Landscape

231) Somerset Development

232) SoulFlora

233) Southern & Northern NJ Maternal & Child Health Consortiums

234) Special Children's Center The

235) Spencer Savings Bank

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

237) State Troopers NCO Association of NJ

238) Stone Hill Ventures LLC

239) Strategos Public Affairs LLC for Mantra Health Inc.

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

241) TD Bank NA

242) Teachers of Tomorrow

243) TechUnited:NJ

244) Tekni-Plex Inc.

245) Tenax Strategies Inc

246) Thomson West

247) Township of Readington

248) Traveling Vineyards

249) Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

250) Turnbull Law Group

251) United Airlines Inc

252) United Way of Hunterdon County

253) Univision Communications Inc

254) US Facilities Inc

255) USA Architects Corp

256) Utility and Transportation Contractors Association (UTCA)

257) Valley Hospital

258) Van Cleef Engineering Associates

259) Vertical Bridge

260) Vertical Bridge REIT LLC

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

262) Walmart Inc.

263) Waymo LLC

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

265) West Publishing Co

266) Western LNG LLC

267) 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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MEGHAN LOPER

(California, )

CAPITOL STRATEGIES GROUP, INC.

mloper@lobbycal.com
(916) 446-7843
1215 K Street, Suite 1500, Sacramento, CA, 95814,

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website, TAG Profile

Since 1979 Capitol Strategies Group (CSG) has set the standard for professional counsel in California government relations, contract procurement, and association management. Representing a broad client base before the legislature, regulatory agencies, and the executive branch requires that the CSG team understand complex statewide developments and provide context for effective action on behalf of each client. Additionally, we leverage our team's long-term experience in local and statewide campaigns to provide strategic recommendations and political advice. Our firm represents clients before the Governor, his administration, each constitutional officer, the state legislature, and almost every California state agency.

Firm Specialties:
CSG's services include state contract procurement, bureaucratic problem solving, and a full suite of legislative advocacy activities. Our services are tailored to meet a client's specific needs and range from monitoring, research, and consultation to direct and indirect lobbying. CSG also manages multiple trade associations and this work frequently requires the organization of large meetings and legislative visits.

MEGHAN LOPER serves as Vice President and has been helping shape State policy for more than decade. She joined CSG with extensive government affairs experience advocating for private businesses and working with elected officials. Ms. Loper has a unique ability to identify policy opportunities, develop effective advocacy strategies and achieve success by utilizing her bipartisan network with key decision-makers.

Prior to joining CSG, Ms. Loper served as Public Policy Director for Majestic Realty Co., one of the nation's largest privately held, family-owned real estate development firms. With Majestic properties playing a critical role in the supply chain, Ms. Loper served on several regional goods movement committees and stakeholder agency advisory groups. She gained extensive experience on transportation issues by serving as the lead staffer for a member of the California Transportation Commission. Ms. Loper was also the Program Director for the Majestic Realty Foundation, collaborating with nonprofits on programs related to health, education, and violence prevention. She advised the Foundation's board of directors and regional planning teams. She developed the curriculum for its flagship program, the Los Angeles Youth Leadership Council.

Ms. Loper was selected for the prestigious Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs in Los Angeles. Coro is a graduate-level leadership training program that provides experience in the public affairs arena.

Ms. Loper received her MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. A two-time Trojan grad, she also graduated Cum Laude with departmental honors and holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Policy and Management from the University of Southern California. She serves on Leadership Council for the Sol Price School of Public Policy at USC."