404-971-2690
1100 PEACHTREE STREET, SUITE 900, ATLANTA, GA, 30309,
Seasoned government affairs professional with a wide spectrum of policy experience in both Georgia and Alabama. Specializing in local government, tax policy, and finance.
1) Accelecom
2) Advanced Manufacturing International
9) D4 Solutions
10) Douglas-Coffee County Economic Development Authority
11) Electronic Transactions Association
12) Examination Board of Professional Home Inspectors
14) Fidelity National Financial
15) Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.
16) Georgia Association of Assessing Officials
17) Good-Lite
18) Guardian Fleet Services, Inc.
19) Hims & Hers
20) HRASimple, LLC
22) InfraHub
23) Inspected
24) International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
25) Kaitlin Monaghan
27) Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority
29) MEAG Power
30) Mithril Defense Inc DBA Campus Guardian Angel
31) Nightlock
32) Office Images
33) Oscar Health
34) Pure Green BioAg
35) Reconnect, Inc
36) Samsara
37) South Georgia Energy Authority
39) The Southern Group of Georgia
41) Workbay
6-10 years
Served on the Georgia Department of Revenue Local Government Advisory Group. As a member of this group, Joel provided the Revenue Commissioner with feedback and suggestions on the impact of important tax issues on local governments.
Joel has developed extensive relationships with elected and appointed officials at the state and local level. Many of these relationships are concentrated in revenue and finance with strong relationships with finance directors all across Georgia's 538 cities and 159 counties. In addition to these local relationships, Joel has done extensive work with the Georgia Department of Revenue.
Joel began his career in local government by providing planning, zoning, and land use support with over 63 cities and 17 counties for one of Georgia's Regional Commissions. Joel then moved to Talladega, AL where he assisted the city manager in all planning and community development projects. It was in this capacity that Joel first started learning municipal budgeting and operations. Joel's work in Talladega caught the eye of a state trade association, and Joel got his introduction to lobbying with the Alabama Manufactured Housing Association (AMHA) in 2013.
As AMHA's Deputy Director, Joel learned the business operations of one of Alabama's major industries and lobbied on their behalf both locally and on the state level. After nearly four years with AMHA, Joel decided to combine his local government and lobbying experience by taking a job with Georgia Municipal Association (GMA). While at GMA, Joel specialized in a wide array of tax issues and lobbied on behalf of Georgia's 538 cities. Joel's knowledge of local government operations, business operations, and public policy development allowed him to develop a broad array of relationships at the General Assembly, while effectively advocating for all of Georgia's cities.
Joel graduated from Georgia College and State University with a BA in political science and Masters of Public Administration. Joel grew up in Byron, Georgia and currently resides in Atlanta with his wife Lucy and daughter Willow.
(404) 879-6503
600 Peachtree St NE, SUITE 3000, ATLANTA, GA, 30308,
2) Accenture
4) AFLAC
5) Altria Client Services LLC and its affiliates
7) Association of Professional Tax Services
8) Asurion
10) Bank of America Corporation
11) Bitcoin Depot
12) BrightNight
13) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries
15) Community Choice Financial
18) CoreCivic, Inc.
22) Fidelity National Financial
24) Georgia Association of Life Insurance Companies
25) Georgia Crown Distributing Co.
26) Georgia Entertainment Company LLC
29) GeorgiaCAN
31) Global Payments
32) GreenCourt Legal Technologies
33) HANWHA Q CELLS AMERICA INC.
37) Just Bee
41) Portman Holdings
42) Primerica, Inc
43) Progressive Mountain Insurance Company
45) Responsive Government Action
46) Security Industry Association
47) Shatterproof
49) Solar Landscape
50) StubHub, Inc.
52) Troutman Pepper Strategies LLC
53) TWG Development
54) Uwill, Inc
55) Verizon
56) Verra Mobility (American Traffic Solutions)
