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Julia Larkin joined Cornerstone Government Affairs in February 2020 with more than 12 years of legislative experience in the state of Illinois. In her role as vice president, Julia uses her skills to help clients in Illinois advance their advocacy goals. Prior to joining Cornerstone, Julia served as the director of advocacy and government relations at AMITA Health, one of the largest health systems in Illinois. During her time in this role, Julia represented the organization's mission with state and local officials and executive agency staff, while also creating and executing strategies to ensure specific policy goals were met.

Previously, Julia served as legislative coordinator to Speaker of the Illinois House Michael J. Madigan for 10 years, where she assisted in the development of a wide array of policy positions and legislative initiatives. Julia has also supported the Democratic Party of Illinois, where she led state representative campaigns, managed opposition research and oversaw state representative candidate recruitment efforts.

Julia received her Bachelor of Arts with a double major in political science and international studies from Loyola University in Chicago.

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DOUG NELSON

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DOUG NELSON

(Missouri, )

Clarkston Nelson Government Solutions

doug@cnmissouri.com
(573) 353-8279
235 E High Street, Suite 301, Jefferson City, MO, 65101,

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Clarkston Nelson Government Solutions is a full-service governmental relations and advocacy firm located in Jefferson City, Missouri. Although recently founded, our team shares a longstanding, respected reputation in the Missouri State Capitol. Our uniquely qualified professionals have decades of combined experience working in the Missouri state legislature, Executive Branch and state agencies.

The world of politics has changed over the years making it essential for businesses to have an effective and efficient working relationship with policy makers. Our team holds extensive policy knowledge, strong communication and relationship-building skills and precise legislative strategies resulting in successful governmental advocacy for our clients.

At Clarkston Nelson, we believe our teamwork approach based on years of experience, hard work and dedication to our client's interests provide a strong route to client advocacy and effective results bridging the gap between business and government.

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In a world of constant change due to term-limits, ever changing political winds and executive branch turnover, we at Clarkston Nelson adapt and thrive due to our extensive experience and hard work. We work extremely hard to successfully help our clients reach their advocacy goals through our professionalism and unique understanding of the legislative and executive process. We provide direct lobbying efforts to shape legislation and regulations from the beginning to implementation. Our firm is capable of providing all services necessary such as legislation and issue monitoring, public engagement counseling, public testimony, and coalition building.

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
We believe that public opinion shapes much of the debate and decisions at the government level. Clarkston Nelson have a long history of working with clients in the preparation and development of messaging to assist in their advocacy efforts before the legislature, regulators or any other decision-making body. Our strategic communications will be aimed at reaching our client's underlying goal and often can be conveyed to the media and public to potentially sway opinion to our favor. Often times, strategic communications are aided with coalition building efforts to expand our sphere of influence and find additional partners that share with our goals and preferred outcomes.

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
Our firm recognizes the vast importance of relationship building throughout the political, regulatory, and industry sectors. We believe healthy relationships are built on honest communication and respect. We work diligently with legislators and department contacts to know our clients and understand why their issues matter. Clarkston Nelson strive to maintain professional and positive relations with state elected officials and decision-makers and can utilize our relationships to assist clients with ensuring their issues are properly understood and considered when needed.

1) 3M Company

2) Agape Care Group

3) Alliance for Health Information Operations and Standards (AHIOS) c/o MultiState Associates, LLC

4) American Adoptions

5) American Hotel & Lodging Association

6) American Promise

7) Azova, Inc.

8) Bally's Corporation

9) Bristol Care, Inc.

10) Catapult Learning, LLC

11) Child Care Aware of Missouri

12) City of Jefferson, Missouri

13) Clarkston Nelson LLC

14) CoinFlip

15) Consumer Data Industry Association

16) Consumer Healthcare Products Association

17) Copart, Inc.

18) Diamond Game

19) DirecTV, LLC

20) EBSCO Information Services

21) EchoStar Corporation and its Affiliates

22) eDynamic Learning

23) Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (EBSI)

24) FCS Financial

25) FORVIS

26) Home Builders Association of Central Missouri

27) Johnson Controls, Inc.

28) Knox Company

29) LS Power Grid Midcontinent, LLC

30) Maverik

31) McLane Company, Inc.

32) Michael Roberts

33) Missouri Alliance for Children and Families

34) Missouri Association of Cosmetology Schools

35) Missouri Broadcasters Association

36) Missouri Consumer Credit Coalition

37) Missouri Farm Bureau

38) Missouri Fireworks Association

39) Missouri Optometric Association

40) Missouri Press Association

41) Missouri Society of Accountants

42) Missouri State High School Activities Association

43) Missouri Veterinary Medical Association

44) MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc

45) Mortgage Bankers Association of Missouri

46) National Council on Compensation Insurance

47) National Fire Sprinkler Association

48) Odyssey

49) Panorama Education

50) Plum Identity Inc.

51) Presidio Environmental, LLC

52) Public Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri

53) Public School Retirement System of Missouri

54) RAI Services Company

55) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

56) SAP Concur Technologies, Inc.

57) Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits LLC

58) Southwest Transmission, LLC

59) Specialized Education of Missouri, Inc.

60) The Poultry Federation

61) Truehold

62) United Healthcare Services, Inc.

63) US Chamber of Commerce

64) Western Union

DOUG NELSON spent five years as Missouri's State Commissioner of Administration working with all branches of government and every executive branch department on contracting and procurement matters. As Commissioner, he oversaw more than 2,000 active procurement contracts, information technology and cybersecurity issues, bond issuances and budget matters. Along with Doug's unmatched experience in all types of government contract issues, his extensive network of national and state contacts makes him a great resource to clients. Doug also spent more than 18 years as an Assistant Missouri Attorney General focusing on consumer and contract litigation and administrative/regulatory matters. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1987 from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and Law degree in 1990 from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

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WILL COUSINEAU

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WILL COUSINEAU

(Illinois, )

Cornerstone Government Affairs

wcousineau@cgagroup.com
(312)281-0994
300 EAST MONROE, #20D, SPRINGFIELD, IL, 62701,

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Longest serving political director to Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan and the Democratic Caucus of the Illinois House of Representatives

Involved in the strategic development and passage of most major legislative initiatives over the past 10 years

Maintained and grew House Democratic majority as political director over four campaign cycles

1) ACTION NOW INITIATIVE, LLC

2) ASSOCIATED BEER DISTRIBUTORS OF ILLINOIS

3) CHAMPAIGN-URBANA MASS TRANSIT DISTRICT

4) CHICAGO HEIGHTS PARK DISTRICT

5) CITY OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS

6) CITY OF WAUKEGAN

7) CLARK CONSTRUCTION GROUP - CHICAGO LLC

8) COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT 512

9) CONNECT TRANSIT

10) EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC. (EBSI)

11) FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS

12) FOX WATERWAY AGENCY

13) GRADUATION ALLIANCE, INC.

14) ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

15) ILLINOIS ROAD & TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION

16) LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

17) MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY

18) MIDWESTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC., DBA COH

19) MORTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT #527

20) NATIONAL MENTOR HOLDINGS, LLC

21) ORGANON LLC

22) QUEST DIAGNOSTICS

23) RILEY STEGNER AND ASSOCIATES

24) SECURE AI PROJECT

25) SMART LOCAL 265

26) SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

27) STAND FOR CHILDREN INC

28) SYSCO

29) THE CHICAGO PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND

30) THOMSON WEIR LLC

31) TUNICA-BILOXI TRIBE

32) VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE

33) VILLAGE OF LANSING

34) VILLAGE OF TINLEY PARK

35) WALMART INC.

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Will Cousineau joined Cornerstone's Springfield, Illinois office in June 2017. Will comes to the firm after nearly 18 years working for Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, including eight years as political director for the Speaker and the Democratic Party of Illinois.
Will was the longest serving political director for Speaker Madigan and most recently served as senior advisor to the Speaker. Over the past 10 years, Will worked directly with Speaker Madigan to shape, develop and implement the strategy and messaging for the Speaker's legislative and political agenda and the agendas of every member of the House Democratic Caucus. He also developed the implementation of political, legislative and outreach strategies for House Democratic Caucus members and all aspects of the Illinois House's political operation.

During his time with the Speaker's office, Will was involved in the major initiatives that moved through the Legislature over the past ten years, including such legislation concerning utilities, conceal and carry, financial institutions, and civil laws. Additionally, Will was intimately involved in the 2010 drawing of legislative districts, including new districts in the suburban region that have helped House Democrats expand and maintain their majority. While many democratic legislative caucuses across the country lost record numbers of seats during his tenure and every legislative chamber in the Midwest outside Illinois became Republican controlled, Will guided the Illinois House caucus and the Democratic Party of Illinois through a period of expansion and maintained a healthy majority for Illinois House Democrats.

Will's long tenure with the House, experience with message development, crisis management, grassroots organizing and input on political campaigns for offices throughout the state, gives Will an ability to understand complex legislative and political problems, easily digest those issues for members and clients and put together a collaborative and detailed action plan for moving forward.

In 2014, Will and his wife, Macy, adopted three sisters from Latvia. This experience has shaped their family, has given them the opportunity to speak with others about adoption and has encouraged their family to assist others who are adopting children both internationally and domestically. In 2016, Will and Macy's family grew with the arrival of their son.

In his spare time, Will is active in his church and serves on the Board of Elders. Will currently resides in Chatham, IL with his wife and four children.