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KRISTOPHER KNAUSS

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.

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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    Clients:

    1) 125 Greenwich Owner LLC

    2) 554 Metro Spe LLC

    3) A Posteriori LLC

    4) Aden Brook Agricultural, LLC

    5) Advantage Capital

    6) American Beverage Association

    7) American Coatings Association, INC.

    8) Amp Robotics Corporation

    9) Association Of Professional Land Surveyors, INC. (NYS)

    10) Association Of Towns Of The State Of New York

    11) Aurora Carleton Ave LLC

    12) Aurora Carleton LLC

    13) Bae Systems, INC.

    14) Bell Laboratories, INC.

    15) Bestpass, INC.

    16) Boston Beer Company (The)

    17) Carson Power

    18) Catskills Tech Hub LLC

    19) Centralus Health, INC.

    20) Certainteed Gypsum Operating Company LLC

    21) Chevra Hatzalah

    22) Chinese American Ipa, INC.

    23) City Of Buffalo

    24) Clean Earth Environmental Solutions, INC.

    25) Commission On Rehabilitation Counselor Certification

    26) County Of Rockland

    27) Cpd NY Energy CORP.

    28) Creighton Manning Engineering & Surveying, PLLC

    29) Delaware Engineering, D.p.c.

    30) Doctors Management Company (The)

    31) Early Care And Learning Council

    32) Environmental Advocates Action, INC

    33) Field Point Servicing, LLC

    34) Finger Lakes Ipa, INC. D/B/A Forward Leading Ipa

    35) Galaxy Media Partners LLC

    36) Garonit Pharmaceutical INC.

    37) Gotham Eye Medical

    38) Government Employees Insurance Company (Geico)

    39) Hecate Energy LLC

    40) Hobart And William Smith Colleges

    41) Hospitals Insurance Company

    42) Hudson Public Hotel LLC

    43) Improvlearning, INC. FKA National Point And Insurance Reduction Course, INC

    44) Infant Nutrition Council Of America

    45) Infra Tech Engineering LLC

    46) K&R Preservation LLC

    47) Kalshi INC.

    48) Key Capture Energy, LLC

    49) Lagrange Fire District

    50) Leaflink INC.

    51) Livingston County

    52) Mandi Care LLC

    53) Mcdonald's USA, LLC

    54) Med-Metrix, LLC

    55) Meta Platforms, INC.

    56) Mfny Group CORP.

    57) Milmar Food Group Ii, LLC

    58) Mlmic Insurance Company

    59) Myle Technologies, INC.

    60) National Strategies, LLC

    61) Neumo Tax & Licensing LLC FKA Govos, INC.

    62) New York State Dental Association

    63) New York Tobacconist Association, INC.

    64) Ninjaone, LLC

    65) Novo Nordisk INC.

    66) Nr International

    67) Orange County Ida

    68) Panorama Education, INC.

    69) Peckham Industries, INC.

    70) Pennymac Financial Services, INC.

    71) Perfect Health Boro Park LLC

    72) Pharmacann Of New York, LLC

    73) Planet Networks, INC.

    74) Poly Craft Industries CORP.

    75) Project P Holdings, LLC D/B/A Northeast Shared Services

    76) Public Employer Risk Management Association, INC.

    77) Remco Agency, INC.

    78) Retail Council Of New York State, INC.

    79) Rewiring America, INC.

    80) Rockland Green

    81) Rockland Independent Living Center, INC. DBA Bridges

    82) Roman Health Ventures INC.

    83) Safety Holdings, INC.

    84) Salesforce, INC.

    85) Scannell Properties , LLC

    86) Securus Technologies, LLC

    87) Sf Cherry Hill LP

    88) Shaw Building LP

    89) Shift Chainworks Owner1, LLC

    90) Steady Platform, INC.

    91) Stewart Title Insurance Company

    92) Sun Ng Kittatinny Rv LLC

    93) Superior Pack Group

    94) T-Mobile USA, INC.

    95) Tech:NYC INC.

    96) The Agency Broome County Ida/Ldc

    97) The Machaneh Trust

    98) Town Of Clarkstown

    99) Town Of Haverstraw

    100) Town Of Ramapo

    101) Trustees Of The Masonic Hall And Asylum Fund

    102) Tungsten Health Holdings, LLC D/B/A Habitat Health

    103) Underdog Sports Holdings, INC. D/B/A Underdog Fantasy

    104) Vantage Compliance

    105) Veracare INC.

    106) Village Of Kiryas Joel

    107) Village Of Pelham Manor

    108) Village Of West Haverstraw

    109) Volvo Group North America

    SAMANTHA FREEDMAN

    (New York)
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    MATTHEW GUILBAULT

    (New York)
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    Clients:

    DAMIEN JOSEFIAK

    (Virginia)
    Clients:

    1) GEICO

    DAMIEN JOSEFIAK

    (Maryland)
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    Clients:

    1) GEICO

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    Clients:

    JENNA MCGREEVY

    (Maryland)
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    Clients:

    TIM PERRY

    (Maryland)
    • 443-739-9346

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    Clients:
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    JOSEPH TERMINI

    (Georgia)
    Clients:

    1) GEICO

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    Clients:

    1) 554 Metro Spe LLC

    2) Aden Brook Agricultural, LLC

    3) Advanced Energy United

    4) Advancing The Future Of Younger Generations LLC

    5) Alpha School 10038, LLC

    6) Alstom Transportation INC.

    7) American Beverage Association

    8) Amp Robotics Corporation

    9) Astoria Generating Company, L.p.

    10) Aurora Carleton Ave LLC

    11) Aurora Carleton LLC

    12) Avangrid Management Company, LLC

    13) Backstretch Employee Service Team Of NY, INC

    14) Bae Systems, INC.

    15) Bell Laboratories, INC.

    16) Beowulf Electricity & Data LLC

    17) Bestpass, INC.

    18) Biotechnology Innovation Organization (Bio)

    19) Broadview Federal Credit Union

    20) Camba, INC.

    21) Carson Power

    22) Cassena Care LLC

    23) Catholic Health System Of Long Island, INC. D/B/A Catholic Health

    24) Centralus Health, INC.

    25) Chidi Eze

    26) City Of Yonkers

    27) Clean Earth Environmental Solutions, INC.

    28) Clearing House Payments Company, L.l.c. (The)

    29) Coalition For The Advancement Of Small Business Pharmacy

    30) Commission On Independent Colleges & Universities

    31) Commission On Rehabilitation Counselor Certification

    32) Community Outreach Center, INC.

    33) Crewstone International Sdn Bhd

    34) Curia Global, INC.

    35) Databricks, INC.

    36) Debmar/Mercury, LLC

    37) Environmental Advocates Action, INC

    38) Ev Transportation Services, INC.

    39) Evgo Services LLC

    40) Field Point Servicing, LLC

    41) Finger Lakes Ipa, INC. D/B/A Forward Leading Ipa

    42) Fmr LLC

    43) Freedom Financial Network, LLC

    44) Fresenius Medical Care North America, INC.

    45) Friends Of John Jay Homestead

    46) Global Kratom Coalition

    47) Gotham Eye Medical

    48) Government Employees Insurance Company (Geico)

    49) Guidehouse INC. (D/B/A Guidehouse Consulting)

    50) Healthcare Association Of New York State, INC.

    51) Infant Nutrition Council Of America

    52) Infra Tech Engineering LLC

    53) Jackpocket INC.

    54) Johnson Controls, INC.

    55) K&R Preservation LLC

    56) Las Vegas Sands CORP.

    57) Leaflink INC.

    58) Legal Services Of The Hudson Valley

    59) Light & Wonder, INC.

    60) Maimonides Medical Center

    61) Mandi Care LLC

    62) Mcdonald's USA, LLC

    63) Med-Metrix, LLC

    64) Meta Platforms, INC.

    65) Mlmic Insurance Company

    66) Moses Rosenberg

    67) Myle Technologies, INC.

    68) National Strategies, LLC

    69) New York Coalition For Dignity In Aging

    70) New York Road Runners, INC.

    71) New York Tobacconist Association, INC.

    72) Nextera Energy Transmission New York, INC.

    73) Ninjaone, LLC

    74) Norlite, LLC

    75) Nutanix, INC.

    76) NY Medical Cannabis Industry Association

    77) Orsted Wind Power North America LLC

    78) P & M Brick, LLC

    79) Pennymac Financial Services, INC.

    80) Perfect Health Boro Park LLC

    81) Pf High School, LLC

    82) Pharmacann Of New York, LLC

    83) Pra Group, INC.

    84) Project P Holdings, LLC D/B/A Northeast Shared Services

    85) Public Employer Risk Management Association, INC.

    86) Pursuit Transformation Company INC.

    87) Redesign Health INC.

    88) Retail Council Of New York State, INC.

    89) Roman Health Ventures INC.

    90) Salesforce, INC.

    91) Sf Cherry Hill LP

    92) Shell USA, INC.

    93) Sideprize LLC

    94) Steady Platform, INC.

    95) Sun Ng Kittatinny Rv LLC

    96) Syracuse University

    97) T-Mobile USA, INC.

    98) Tech:NYC INC.

    99) The Aes Corporation

    100) The Agency Broome County Ida/Ldc

    101) The Catskill Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation

    102) Trinity Health

    103) Trustees Of The Masonic Hall And Asylum Fund

    104) Tungsten Health Holdings, LLC D/B/A Habitat Health

    105) Underdog Sports Holdings, INC. D/B/A Underdog Fantasy

    106) Union Home Mortgage CORP.

    107) Vantage Compliance

    108) Veracare INC.

    109) Vestas-American Wind Technology, INC.

    110) Village Of Kiryas Joel

    111) Wyckoff Heights Medical Center

    112) Yahoo INC. And Var. Subs/Affiliates

    113) Zuffa, LLC

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