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) AARP Georgia
2) Accelecom
3) Advanced Manufacturing International
7) Biogen
9) Copart
11) Douglas-Coffee County Economic Development Authority
12) Electronic Transactions Association
13) ETERNAL VIGILANCE ACTION, INC.
14) Fidelity National Financial
15) Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.
16) Georgia Alcohol Dealers Association, INC
17) Georgia School of Orthodontics
18) Gwinnett County
19) Hikma Specialty USA Inc. c/o Velocity BioGroup
21) Independent Electrical Contractors
22) Indigov
23) Kaitlin Monaghan
25) Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority
27) MEAG Power
29) Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
30) Orijin, PBC
31) Stiegler EdTech
32) Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc
33) The Southern Group of Georgia
34) UCB, Inc.
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,
1) AAC
3) Accenture
5) AFLAC
9) Altria Client Services LLC and its affiliates
11) Ameresco, Inc.
12) Association of Professional Tax Services
13) Asurion
14) Bank of America Corporation
15) BC Partners
16) CE Broker
17) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries
18) Coinbase Inc.
19) Community Choice Financial
21) CoreCivic, Inc.
23) Dentsply Sirona
26) Fidelity National Financial
27) FWD.us
28) General Motors
29) Georgia Crown Distributing Co.
30) Georgia Entertainment Company LLC
33) GeorgiaCAN
35) Global Payments
36) GreenCourt Legal Technologies
37) HANWHA Q CELLS AMERICA INC.
39) Kinder Morgan
43) Progressive Mountain Insurance Company
45) Recording Industry Association of America
47) Shatterproof
48) StubHub, Inc.
50) Therapy Network of Georgia
51) Troutman Pepper Strategies LLC
52) Verizon
53) Verra Mobility
54) Weather Group Television, LLC
55) Yondr Inc.
(404) 313-1915
600 Peachtree St NE, Suite 3000, Atlanta, GA, 30308,
1) Accenture
3) AFLAC
6) Altria Client Services LLC and its affiliates
7) Asurion
9) Bank of America Corporation
10) BC Partners
12) Bulloch County Board of Commissioners
13) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries
14) Central EMS
15) Coinbase Inc.
16) Community Choice Financial
18) CoreCivic, Inc.
21) Fidelity National Financial
22) General Motors
23) Genesys Cloud Services, Inc.
24) Georgia Commercial Real Estate Coalition
29) Georgia World Congress Center
30) Global Payments
31) HANWHA Q CELLS AMERICA INC.
33) Kinder Morgan
34) Knox Company
35) Kroll Government Solutions LLC
37) Live Cyber LLC, DBA Cloud Range
41) Progressive Mountain Insurance Company
44) SharpRank, Inc.
45) Sportradar US
46) TEI Industries, Inc. -William Archer
49) Troutman Pepper Strategies LLC
50) Turo Inc.
51) Underdog Fantasy
52) Verizon
53) Verra Mobility
