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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.

    • 99 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 2020, ALBANY, NY, 12260, 

    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 Home Appliance Manufacturers

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

    11) Association Of Towns Of The State Of New York

    12) Aurora Carleton Ave LLC

    13) Aurora Carleton LLC

    14) Bae Systems, INC.

    15) Bell Laboratories, INC.

    16) Bestpass, INC.

    17) Boston Beer Company (The)

    18) Bsac2 DBA Healthful Meals LLC

    19) Carson Power

    20) Catskills Tech Hub LLC

    21) Centralus Health, INC.

    22) Certainteed Gypsum Operating Company LLC

    23) Chevra Hatzalah

    24) Chinese American Ipa, INC.

    25) City Of Buffalo

    26) Clean Earth Environmental Solutions, INC.

    27) Commission On Rehabilitation Counselor Certification

    28) Concourse Tech, INC.

    29) County Of Rockland

    30) Cpd NY Energy CORP.

    31) Creighton Manning Engineering & Surveying, PLLC

    32) Delaware Engineering, D.p.c.

    33) Dk Crown Holdings INC.

    34) Doctors Management Company (The)

    35) Early Care And Learning Council

    36) Edge Inference, LLC

    37) Environmental Advocates Action, INC

    38) Field Point Servicing, LLC

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

    40) Galaxy Media Partners LLC

    41) Garonit Pharmaceutical INC.

    42) Gotham Eye Medical

    43) Government Employees Insurance Company (Geico)

    44) Hecate Energy LLC

    45) Hobart And William Smith Colleges

    46) Hospitals Insurance Company

    47) Hudson Public Hotel LLC

    48) Imagetrend. LLC

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

    50) Infant Nutrition Council Of America

    51) Infra Tech Engineering LLC

    52) K&R Preservation LLC

    53) Kalshi INC.

    54) Kent Riverview LLC

    55) Key Capture Energy, LLC

    56) Lagrange Fire District

    57) Leaflink INC.

    58) Livingston County

    59) Loretto Management Corporation

    60) Mandi Care LLC

    61) Mcdonald's USA, LLC

    62) Med-Metrix, LLC

    63) Meta Platforms, INC.

    64) Mfny Group CORP.

    65) Milmar Food Group Ii, LLC

    66) Mlmic Insurance Company

    67) Myle Technologies, INC.

    68) National Strategies, LLC

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

    70) New York State Dental Association

    71) New York Tobacconist Association, INC.

    72) Ninjaone, LLC

    73) Novo Nordisk INC.

    74) Nr International

    75) Orange County Ida

    76) Panorama Education, INC.

    77) Peckham Industries, INC.

    78) Pennymac Financial Services, INC.

    79) Perfect Health Boro Park LLC

    80) Pharmacann Of New York, LLC

    81) Planet Networks, INC.

    82) Poly Craft Industries CORP.

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

    84) Public Employer Risk Management Association, INC.

    85) Remco Agency, INC.

    86) Retail Council Of New York State, INC.

    87) Rewiring America, INC.

    88) Rockland Green

    89) Rockland Independent Living Center, INC. DBA Bridges

    90) Roman Health Ventures INC.

    91) Safety Holdings, INC.

    92) Salesforce, INC.

    93) Scannell Properties , LLC

    94) Securus Technologies, LLC

    95) Sf Cherry Hill LP

    96) Shaw Building LP

    97) Shift Chainworks Owner1, LLC

    98) Steady Platform, INC.

    99) Stewart Title Insurance Company

    100) Sun Ng Kittatinny Rv LLC

    101) Superior Pack Group

    102) T-Mobile USA, INC.

    103) Tech:NYC INC.

    104) The Agency Broome County Ida/Ldc

    105) The Machaneh Trust

    106) Town Of Clarkstown

    107) Town Of Haverstraw

    108) Town Of Ramapo

    109) Trustees Of The Masonic Hall And Asylum Fund

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

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

    112) Vantage Compliance

    113) Veracare INC.

    114) Village Of Kiryas Joel

    115) Village Of Pelham Manor

    116) Village Of West Haverstraw

    117) Volvo Group North America

    118) Womble Bond Dickinson (Us) LLP

    SAMANTHA FREEDMAN

    (New York, )
    • ONE GEICO PLAZA, ATTN: GOVT & REG AFFAIRS, WASHINGTON, DC, 20076, 

    MATTHEW GUILBAULT

    (New York, )
    • ONE GEICO PLAZA, ATTN: GOVT & REG AFFAIRS, WASHINGTON, DC, 20076, 

    DAMIEN JOSEFIAK

    (Virginia, )
    Clients:

    1) GEICO

    DAMIEN JOSEFIAK

    (Maryland, )
    • 301-986-3880

    • 5260 Western Ave, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, 

    Clients:

    1) GEICO

    • 3127043297

    • 151 NORTH FRANKLIN STREET, SUITE 2500, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, 

    • 8085355700

    • 900 Bishop Street, Suite 2600, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813, 

    • 8085355700

    • 900 Bishop Street, Suite 2600, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96826, 

    • 8085355700

    • 999 Bishop Street, Suite 2600, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813, 

    • 99 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 2020, ALBANY, NY, 12260, 

    Clients:

    1) 554 Metro Spe LLC

    2) Accessone Medcard, INC.

    3) Aden Brook Agricultural, LLC

    4) Advanced Energy United

    5) Allegis, Redwood, Maxim Public Affairs, LLC

    6) American National Red Cross

    7) Amp Robotics Corporation

    8) Aramark Educational Services, LLC

    9) Archaea Energy INC.

    10) Association Of Home Appliance Manufacturers

    11) Aurora Carleton Ave LLC

    12) Bell Laboratories, INC.

    13) Beowulf Electricity & Data LLC

    14) Boston Beer Company (The)

    15) Bsac2 DBA Healthful Meals LLC

    16) Carson Power

    17) Centralus Health, INC.

    18) Clean Earth Environmental Solutions, INC.

    19) Cloudflare, INC.

    20) Commission On Independent Colleges & Universities

    21) Commission On Rehabilitation Counselor Certification

    22) Concourse Tech, INC.

    23) Croplife America

    24) Curia Global, INC.

    25) Databricks, INC.

    26) Delaware Engineering, D.p.c.

    27) Dk Crown Holdings INC.

    28) Ent And Allergy Associates, LLP

    29) Environmental Advocates Action, INC

    30) Eos Energy Storage, LLC

    31) Ev Transportation Services, INC.

    32) Farm Credit East, Aca

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

    34) Gevo, INC

    35) Gotham Eye Medical

    36) Government Employees Insurance Company (Geico)

    37) Id.me, LLC

    38) Imagetrend. LLC

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

    40) Infant Nutrition Council Of America

    41) Information Technology Industry Council

    42) Infra Tech Engineering LLC

    43) International Centre For Missing & Exploited Children

    44) Jackpocket INC.

    45) Kent Riverview LLC

    46) Las Vegas Sands CORP.

    47) Le Moyne College

    48) Loretto Management Corporation

    49) Mandi Care LLC

    50) Mcg Health, LLC

    51) Med-Metrix, LLC

    52) Meta Platforms, INC.

    53) Momentive Performance Materials INC.

    54) Mortgage Bankers Association, INC. (NY)

    55) Myle Technologies, INC.

    56) National Strategies, LLC

    57) National Student Clearinghouse

    58) New York Digital Investment Group LLC

    59) New York Tobacconist Association, INC.

    60) Ninjaone, LLC

    61) Norlite, LLC

    62) Orsted Wind Power North America LLC

    63) P & M Brick, LLC

    64) Paidly INC.

    65) Pennymac Financial Services, INC.

    66) Perfect Health Boro Park LLC

    67) Planet Networks, INC.

    68) Public Employer Risk Management Association, INC.

    69) Responsible Industry For A Sound Environment

    70) Retail Council Of New York State, INC.

    71) Rockland Green

    72) Rockland Independent Living Center, INC. DBA Bridges

    73) Salesforce, INC.

    74) Securus Technologies, LLC

    75) Sf Cherry Hill LP

    76) Spotify USA INC.

    77) Startcare, INC.

    78) Steady Platform, INC.

    79) Sun Ng Kittatinny Rv LLC

    80) Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC

    81) Syracuse University

    82) T-Mobile USA, INC.

    83) Tech:NYC INC.

    84) The Dow Chemical Company

    85) The Energy Professionals Association

    86) The Hebrew Home For The Aged At Riverdale

    87) The Regional Food Bank Of Northeastern New York

    88) Tickpick, LLC

    89) Trustees Of The Masonic Hall And Asylum Fund

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

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

    92) Vantage Compliance

    93) Veracare INC.

    94) Vestas-American Wind Technology, INC.

    95) Village Of Pelham Manor

    96) Womble Bond Dickinson (Us) LLP

    97) Yahoo INC. And Var. Subs/Affiliates

    98) Zuffa, LLC

    JENNA MCGREEVY

    (Maryland, )
    • 443-624-6716

    • 54 State Circle, Annapolis, MD, 21401, 

    Clients:

    TIM PERRY

    (Maryland, )
    • 443-739-9346

    • 54 State Circle, Annapolis, MD, 21401, 

    Clients:
    Clients:

    JOSEPH TERMINI

    (Georgia, )
    Clients:

    1) GEICO

    • 99 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 2020, ALBANY, NY, 12260, 

    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) Association Of Home Appliance Manufacturers

    10) Astoria Generating Company, L.p.

    11) Aurora Carleton Ave LLC

    12) Aurora Carleton LLC

    13) Avangrid Management Company, LLC

    14) Backstretch Employee Service Team Of NY, INC

    15) Bae Systems, INC.

    16) Bell Laboratories, INC.

    17) Beowulf Electricity & Data LLC

    18) Bestpass, INC.

    19) Biotechnology Innovation Organization (Bio)

    20) Broadview Federal Credit Union

    21) Bsac2 DBA Healthful Meals LLC

    22) Camba, INC.

    23) Carson Power

    24) Cassena Care LLC

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

    26) Centralus Health, INC.

    27) Chidi Eze

    28) City Of Yonkers

    29) Clean Earth Environmental Solutions, INC.

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

    31) Coalition For The Advancement Of Small Business Pharmacy

    32) Commission On Independent Colleges & Universities

    33) Commission On Rehabilitation Counselor Certification

    34) Community Outreach Center, INC.

    35) Concourse Tech, INC.

    36) Crewstone International Sdn Bhd

    37) Curia Global, INC.

    38) Databricks, INC.

    39) Debmar/Mercury, LLC

    40) Dk Crown Holdings INC.

    41) Edge Inference, LLC

    42) Environmental Advocates Action, INC

    43) Ev Transportation Services, INC.

    44) Evgo Services LLC

    45) Field Point Servicing, LLC

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

    47) Fmr LLC

    48) Freedom Financial Network, LLC

    49) Fresenius Medical Care North America, INC.

    50) Friends Of John Jay Homestead

    51) Global Kratom Coalition

    52) Gotham Eye Medical

    53) Government Employees Insurance Company (Geico)

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

    55) Healthcare Association Of New York State, INC.

    56) Imagetrend. LLC

    57) Infant Nutrition Council Of America

    58) Infra Tech Engineering LLC

    59) Jackpocket INC.

    60) Johnson Controls, INC.

    61) K&R Preservation LLC

    62) Kent Riverview LLC

    63) Las Vegas Sands CORP.

    64) Leaflink INC.

    65) Legal Services Of The Hudson Valley

    66) Light & Wonder, INC.

    67) Loretto Management Corporation

    68) Maimonides Medical Center

    69) Mandi Care LLC

    70) Mcdonald's USA, LLC

    71) Med-Metrix, LLC

    72) Meta Platforms, INC.

    73) Mlmic Insurance Company

    74) Moses Rosenberg

    75) Myle Technologies, INC.

    76) National Strategies, LLC

    77) New York Coalition For Dignity In Aging

    78) New York Road Runners, INC.

    79) New York Tobacconist Association, INC.

    80) Nextera Energy Transmission New York, INC.

    81) Ninjaone, LLC

    82) Norlite, LLC

    83) Nutanix, INC.

    84) NY Medical Cannabis Industry Association

    85) Orsted Wind Power North America LLC

    86) P & M Brick, LLC

    87) Pennymac Financial Services, INC.

    88) Perfect Health Boro Park LLC

    89) Pf High School, LLC

    90) Pharmacann Of New York, LLC

    91) Pra Group, INC.

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

    93) Public Employer Risk Management Association, INC.

    94) Pursuit Transformation Company INC.

    95) Redesign Health INC.

    96) Retail Council Of New York State, INC.

    97) Roman Health Ventures INC.

    98) Salesforce, INC.

    99) Sf Cherry Hill LP

    100) Shell USA, INC.

    101) Sideprize LLC

    102) Steady Platform, INC.

    103) Sun Ng Kittatinny Rv LLC

    104) Syracuse University

    105) T-Mobile USA, INC.

    106) Tech:NYC INC.

    107) The Aes Corporation

    108) The Agency Broome County Ida/Ldc

    109) The Catskill Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation

    110) Trinity Health

    111) Trustees Of The Masonic Hall And Asylum Fund

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

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

    114) Union Home Mortgage CORP.

    115) Vantage Compliance

    116) Veracare INC.

    117) Vestas-American Wind Technology, INC.

    118) Village Of Kiryas Joel

    119) Womble Bond Dickinson (Us) LLP

    120) Wyckoff Heights Medical Center

    121) Yahoo INC. And Var. Subs/Affiliates

    122) Zuffa, LLC

    • 99 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 2020, ALBANY, NY, 12260, 

    Clients:

    1) 554 Metro Spe LLC

    2) A Place For Mom, INC.

    3) Aden Brook Agricultural, LLC

    4) Albany Med Health System

    5) American Beverage Association

    6) Amp Robotics Corporation

    7) Association Of Home Appliance Manufacturers

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

    9) Aurora Carleton Ave LLC

    10) Bell Laboratories, INC.

    11) Bsac2 DBA Healthful Meals LLC

    12) Camba, INC.

    13) Care Management Alliance Of New York

    14) Carson Power

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

    16) Centralus Health, INC.

    17) Clean Earth Environmental Solutions, INC.

    18) Coalition For The Advancement Of Small Business Pharmacy

    19) Commission On Independent Colleges & Universities

    20) Commission On Rehabilitation Counselor Certification

    21) Concourse Tech, INC.

    22) Consumer Directed Action Of New York, INC.

    23) Council Of School Superintendents (NYS)

    24) County Of Rockland

    25) Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

    26) Dk Crown Holdings INC.

    27) Empire Education Corporation

    28) Environmental Advocates Action, INC

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

    30) First Medcare, INC.

    31) Gotham Eye Medical

    32) Government Employees Insurance Company (Geico)

    33) Healthcare Association Of New York State, INC.

    34) Hippocratic Ai, INC.

    35) Imagetrend. LLC

    36) Infant Nutrition Council Of America

    37) Infra Tech Engineering LLC

    38) Johnson Controls, INC.

    39) Kent Riverview LLC

    40) Leaflink INC.

    41) Legal Services Of The Hudson Valley

    42) Loretto Management Corporation

    43) Maimonides Medical Center

    44) Mandi Care LLC

    45) Mcdonald's USA, LLC

    46) Mcg Health, LLC

    47) Med-Metrix, LLC

    48) Mfny Group CORP.

    49) Mlmic Insurance Company

    50) Myle Technologies, INC.

    51) National Home Infusion Association

    52) National Strategies, LLC

    53) New York Institute Of Technology

    54) New York Road Runners, INC.

    55) New York State Coalition Of Special Act School Districts, INC.

    56) New York State Dental Association

    57) Ninjaone, LLC

    58) Northwell Health, INC.

    59) Novo Nordisk INC.

    60) NY Medical Cannabis Industry Association

    61) Panorama Education, INC.

    62) Pennymac Financial Services, INC.

    63) Perfect Health Boro Park LLC

    64) Pf High School, LLC

    65) Retail Council Of New York State, INC.

    66) Richmond University Medical Center

    67) Rockland Independent Living Center, INC. DBA Bridges

    68) Roman Health Ventures INC.

    69) School Facilities Association (NYS)

    70) St. Mary's Healthcare System For Children, INC.

    71) Steady Platform, INC.

    72) Stony Brook University

    73) T-Mobile USA, INC.

    74) Talkiatry Management Services, LLC

    75) Tech:NYC INC.

    76) The Alliance Of Tbi & Nhtd Waiver Providers, INC.

    77) The Dow Chemical Company

    78) The Downstate Coalition For Quality Home Care

    79) The Mount Sinai Hospital

    80) Tntic, LLC

    81) Triadd, LLC

    82) Trinity Health

    83) Trustees Of The Masonic Hall And Asylum Fund

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

    85) United Hospice, INC.

    86) University Of Mount Saint Vincent

    87) Vantage Compliance

    88) Veracare INC.

    89) Village Of Haverstraw

    90) Womble Bond Dickinson (Us) LLP

    91) Woods System Of Care

    92) Yb-Aba Management Company, LLC