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ERIC GORANSON

(Iowa)

I have over twenty years' experience in public policy including over fifteen years as a lobbyist advocating for clients in multiple industries and subject areas. I have a track record of success, often against difficult odds.

15-20 years

I have a history of developing relationships with elected officials in both parties to help clients tell their story and accomplish their goals. I have worked in the Governor's office and have experience working with most state executive branch agencies.

I am the President of Goranson Consulting, Inc.; a lobbying firm advocating for clients spanning multiple industries; including: healthcare, education, conservation, industry associations, retail, and corporations.

I'm always volunteering with nonprofit and civic organizations and looking to make an impact for my clients and my community. In the past, I've served as a member of the State Board of Education (appointed by former Governor Terry Branstad and confirmed unanimously by the Iowa Senate), have had experience leading a statewide association and as a member of leadership teams at multiple central Iowa organizations. I've worked multiple public relations campaigns, and currently hold seats on two nonprofit boards.

Lobby Washington, LLC is an Olympia-based government relations firm delivering measurable results for businesses and industry organizations before the Washington State Legislature, the Governor's Office, and executive agencies. We operate at the intersection of policy, politics, and economics, helping clients manage regulatory and litigation risk, protect investments, and shape legislative outcomes in complex, high-stakes environments.

15-20 years

President's Award for Exceptional Dedication as Lobbyist, Association of Surgical Technologists

Outstanding Service Award for Government Affairs, Manufactured Housing Communities of Washington

Coalition Leadership Recognition Award, Washington Business Properties Association for leadership in coordinating multi-industry coalitions and stakeholder advocacy efforts in defeating capital gains tax on real estate.

WA State Leadership Board Member and Legislative Advisor

More than fifteen years representing businesses and industry organizations before the Washington State Legislature and executive agencies, with strong bipartisan relationships across legislative leadership, both caucuses, and key agency personnel, and a track record advising industries and organizations representing thousands of businesses across WA

B.A. with Honors in Finance and Business Computer Information Systems, University of Washington Foster School of Business

B.S. with Honors in Environmental Health, University of Washington

Juris Doctor with Honors, Seattle University School of Law

Chester Baldwin has extensive professional experience working with members of the Washington State House and Senate, including leadership offices, members of both caucuses, and key committee staff, as well as executive agency personnel and local government officials. His work regularly involves direct engagement with legislators, legislative staff, and agency stakeholders on issues involving business regulation, taxation, real estate, health care, professional licensing, transportation, and nonprofit operations.

His experience includes meetings with lawmakers and staff, coordination with committee leadership, preparation and delivery of legislative testimony, bill drafting and analysis, and ongoing advocacy throughout the legislative process. He also works directly with executive agencies on rulemaking, policy implementation, and regulatory interpretation to help ensure that legislative outcomes are practical, effective, and aligned with client interests.

Through his representation of businesses, industry groups, and organizations composed of thousands of businesses across WA, Chester frequently coordinates advocacy involving multiple stakeholders, including trade associations, coalition partners, and business leaders, and translates those interests into clear, credible, and effective communication with policymakers.

  • Chester Baldwin and Lobby Washington have been exceptionally effective advocates for the housing industry in Washington State. Chester brings legal sophistication, policy depth, and practical business judgment to some of the most complex issues facing housing providers today. He is thoughtful, responsive, and highly effective in working with lawmakers, agencies, and stakeholders to advance sound policy and protect against harmful outcomes. I would strongly recommend Chester Baldwin and Lobby Washington to any business or organization seeking strategic, results-driven representation in Washington State - Sean Flynn, President, Rental Housing Association of WA
  • Chester Baldwin and Lobby Washington have provided outstanding representation for the Washington State Dental Association. Chester is especially effective in complex legislative and regulatory environments where professional practice, patient access, and state policy intersect. He brings strong policy judgment, credibility with policymakers, and the ability to translate technical issues into practical, effective advocacy. I would recommend Chester Baldwin and Lobby Washington without hesitation to any organization seeking high-level government affairs counsel and advocacy in Washington State. - Kevin Schilling, Director of Advocacy, Washington State Dental Association
  • Chester Baldwin is an attorney and registered lobbyist and the principal of Lobby Washington, LLC, an Olympia-based government relations firm representing businesses, industry groups, and organizations before the Washington State Legislature, the Governor's Office, and executive agencies. With more than fifteen years of experience in legislative and regulatory advocacy, Chester focuses on complex, high-stakes policy matters involving business regulation, taxation, real estate, health care, and professional licensing.

    He has developed strong bipartisan working relationships with House and Senate leadership, members of both caucuses, and key agency personnel, enabling him to effectively advance client priorities in a dynamic political environment. His work includes legislative strategy, bill drafting and analysis, direct lobbying, testimony before legislative committees, and coordination with executive agencies on rulemaking and implementation.

    Through Lobby Washington, Chester represents industries and organizations composed of thousands of businesses across WA, requiring coordinated advocacy strategies that align diverse stakeholder interests into effective legislative outcomes. Clients rely on him for clear strategic guidance, real-time legislative intelligence, and disciplined advocacy on matters with significant operational, financial, and legal implications.

    Chester earned a Juris Doctorate from Seattle University School of Law and holds undergraduate degrees from the University of Washington in Finance, Business Computer Information Systems, and Environmental Health. Prior to practicing law and lobbying, he worked as a financial analyst and healthcare consultant, giving him a practical understanding of how public policy decisions affect business operations.

    Lobby Washington provides high-touch, individualized government affairs services and works with a limited number of clients to ensure focused, strategic representation.

    What distinguishes The Southern Group from others is where we draw our lobbyists from. Our lobbyists are almost all exclusively former government regulators, legislators or high-level government staff. We know what moves the wheels of government because, at one point in our careers, we moved those wheels ourselves.

    15-20 years

    National Children's Alliance, Bud Cramer Award
    Florida Bar, Family Law Section, Legislative Achievement
    Kristi House Service, Former President Service Award

    SSG has won numerous fundraising awards and recognitions
    Managing Partner, Miami office, The Southern Group
    Chairman, Republican Party of Miami-Dade County
    Executive Board, Republican Party of Florida

    Nelson D. Diaz concentrates his practice on government and community relations. Nelson has successfully represented local governments, businesses, trade associations and other corporate clients before the Florida legislative and executive branches of government. Nelson has become one of Florida's young rising stars since serving as Chief Legislative Aide to the Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, and now United States Senator, Marco Rubio.

    In addition, Nelson has successfully represented corporate entities before the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners, numerous Miami-Dade County agencies and departments, the City of Miami, the City of Hialeah, and several other municipal governments and authorities in Miami-Dade County. In addition to government relations, Nelson has successfully guided many corporate clients entering the South Florida market, providing community relations services. By advising new entrants to the market on who the key players are, which organizations to join, and how to navigate the local political waters, Nelson has assisted many clients successfully enter the South Florida and Miami markets.

    Nelson began his political career as a volunteer in the 1996 Presidential campaign in Florida where he and many other young leaders, including now U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, State Senator Anitere Flores, Lt. Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera, and many other now-elected officials, worked hard to build a strong Republican Party base in South Florida. Since then, Nelson has worked on countless political campaigns in Florida from federal races for Presidential and U.S. Senate, to state races for Governor, Cabinet offices, Florida House of Representatives, and Florida Senate, as well as many local government campaigns for county commission, city councils, and mayor's races. Nelson has also been active in various business and civic organizations locally, and counts many legislators, party officials, and legislative leaders among his personal friends. As a result of Nelson's service with U.S. Senator Rubio and his involvement in many campaigns, Nelson has established an extensive network of key contacts in Miami-Dade County and within the Florida Legislature. In fact, Nelson currently serves as the Chairman of the Republican Party of Miami-Dade County and serves on the executive board of the Republican Party of Florida.

    Active in the local community, Nelson served on the City of Miami's Historical and Environmental Preservation Board, protecting the city's historical and environmental treasures, as well as the Miami-Dade County Community Council of West Kendall, a local land use and zoning board. Additionally, Nelson serves as the Immediate Past President of the Board of Directors for Kristi House, Miami-Dade County's child advocacy center for child victims of sexual abuse and human trafficking as well as the Board of Directors of the Good Government Initiative, a bi-partisan organization dedicated to cultivating leaders of excellence in South Florida. Recently, Florida Governor Rick Scott appointed Nelson to the statewide Children and Youth Cabinet for his service and advocacy on behalf of Florida's children.

    Nelson attended Florida International University, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in International Relations, with a Certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, as well as minors in Political Science and Geography. Nelson graduated from the University of Florida, College of Law, cum laude, and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2004.

    KYLEE ANZUETO

    (Florida)
    • (407) 843-8880

    • 301 E Pine Street1400OrlandoFL32801

    Clients:

    QUINTON BABCOCK

    (Ohio)
    • 4193413169

    • 10 N High Street, St 260ColumbusOh43215

    Clients:
    • (402) 476-7272

    • 625 S. 14th Street, Suite 100LincolnNE68508

    Clients:

    CHRISTOPHER CARMODY

    (Florida)
    Clients:

    CHRISTOPHER DAWSON

    (Florida)
    Clients:

    RYAN DONOHUE

    (Washington)

    MATTHEW DUNBAR

    (New York)
    • 212-991-4000

    • 111 John Street23rd FloorNew YorkNY

    • (941) 744-7769

    • 215 South Monroe StreetSuite 601TallahasseeFlorida32303

    GRETA GAETZ

    (Minnesota)
    • (402) 476-7272

    • 625 S. 14th Street, Suite 100LincolnNE68508

    Clients:

    JERU GOBEZE

    (Minnesota)

    KAREN HAYCOX

    (New York)
    • 212-991-4000

    • 111 John Street23rd FloorNew YorkNY

    CRISTEN INCITTI

    (Minnesota)
    Clients:
    • (813) 345-4104

    • 21748 SR 54Suite 101LutzFlorida33549

    Clients:

    GINA LECKRON

    (Indiana)
    • (317) 454-8090

    • 101 West Ohio StreetSuite 2000IndianapolisIN46204

    PETER LEWANDOWSKI

    (Wisconsin)

    KATRELL LEWIS

    (New York)
    • 212-991-4000

    • 111 John Street23rd FloorNew YorkNY

    RICHARD MCINTOSH

    (MOMO)
    • (573) 635-7570

    • PO Box 2051Jefferson CityMO65102

    Clients:

    RYAN MILLER

    (Ohio)
    • 6145804600

    • 10 N High St. Ste. 260ColumbusOH43215

    RACHEL ONG

    (Iowa)

    HEATHER RATH

    (South Carolina)
    • 8434155978

    • 24 Bellhaven WayHilton Head IslandSC29928

    ETHAN ROBINSON

    (Washington)

    NATALIE SALMON

    (Federal)
    • 2027758116

    • 1300 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NWSIXTH FLOORWASHINGTONDC20036

    Clients:

    1) Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    2) America Is Better

    3) American Hotel & Lodging Association

    4) American Property Casualty Insurance Association (formerly known as AIA)

    5) Amgen, Inc.

    6) Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

    7) Anthem Inc. (formerly known as Wellpoint, Inc.)

    8) Association for Clinical Oncology

    9) AstraZeneca

    10) Avenue Solutions

    11) Bay Bridge Strategies (on behalf of Bloom Energy)

    12) Bay Bridge Strategies (on behalf of Kinsa, Inc.)

    13) Bay Bridge Strategies, Inc. (on behalf of Lumeris, Inc.)

    14) BeiGene USA, Inc.

    15) Bloom Energy

    16) Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

    17) Boyd Gaming Corporation

    18) Bristol Myers Squibb

    19) C2FO

    20) Canada Life Reinsurance Company (fka London Life Reinsurance Company)

    21) Case New Holland Industrial Inc.

    22) Chubb INA Holdings Inc. (FKA ACE INA Holdings Inc.)

    23) Cigna Corporation

    24) Coalition for the American Dream

    25) Committee on Capital Markets Regulation

    26) CONSORTIUM FOR WORKER EDUCATION

    27) DELOITTE LLP

    28) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    29) Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

    30) Election Systems & Software, LLC

    31) Eli Lilly and Company

    32) EMD Millipore

    33) EMD Serono, Inc.

    34) Entergy Services LLC (fka Entergy Corporation)

    35) Environmental Defense Action Fund

    36) EOS Energy Storage LLC

    37) Equipment Leasing and Finance Association

    38) Facebook, Inc.

    39) Feeding America

    40) Ferrero U.S.A., Inc.

    41) Fresenius Medical Care North America

    42) Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

    43) FWD.us

    44) Genentech, Inc.

    45) GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSN

    46) Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.

    47) Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America

    48) Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc.

    49) HealthPartners

    50) Incyte Corporation

    51) InfuSystems Holdings, Inc.

    52) InnovaCare, Inc.

    53) International Franchise Association

    54) ION Media Networks, Inc.

    55) Iris Automation Inc.

    56) JMA Wireless

    57) Johnson Controls Inc.

    58) K12 Inc.

    59) Kinsa, Inc.

    60) KLEINER PERKINS CAUFIELD & BYERS

    61) Kolmar Americas Inc.

    62) LabWare, Inc.

    63) Legacy Community Health Services

    64) Leon Medical Center

    65) Live-Evermore, Inc. (DBA Evermore)

    66) Lumeris, Inc.

    67) MASTERCARD

    68) Merck & Co., Inc

    69) Micron Technology, Inc.

    70) MICROSOFT CORPORATION

    71) ModivCare Solutions, LLC (fka LogistiCare Solutions LLC)

    72) Monkton, Inc.

    73) Munich American Reassurance Company

    74) NATIONAL ASSN OF BROADCASTERS

    75) National Association of Health Underwriters

    76) NIC Inc.

    77) North American Subaru, Inc.

    78) Northwell Health, Inc. (FKA NSLIJ Health System)

    79) Novartis

    80) NVG, LLC (on behalf of Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.)

    81) ONE Action

    82) Pay Our Interns, Inc.

    83) Peck Madigan Jones (obo Greenwich Biosciences, Inc)

    84) Peck Madigan Jones (on behalf of Bristol Myers Squibb)

    85) Peck Madigan Jones (on behalf of EMD Serono, Inc.)

    86) Peck Madigan Jones (on behalf of Legacy Community Health Services)

    87) Peck Madigan Jones (on behalf of Merck & Co., Inc)

    88) Peck Madigan Jones (on behalf of Prevent Opioid Abuse)

    89) Peck Madigan Jones (On behalf of Vertex Pharmaceuticals)

    90) Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)

    91) PHRMA

    92) Prevent Opioid Abuse

    93) Retractable Technologies, Inc.

    94) SB Energy DevCo (US)

    95) SCOR Reinsurance Co.

    96) Secretary of State, State of Delaware

    97) Smiths Group plc

    98) Spotify USA Inc.

    99) State of Rhode Island

    100) SunPower Corporation

    101) Tenable, Inc.

    102) The Business Roundtable

    103) The Capital Group Companies, Inc. and its Affiliates

    104) The Ickes & Enright Group (Northwell Health fka North Shore-LIJ)

    105) The Ickes & Enright Group, Inc. (on behalf of Consortium for Worker Education)

    106) The Ickes and Enright Group (on behalf of Greater New York Hospital Association)

    107) The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

    108) Tiber Creek Health Strategies, Inc. (on behalf of Eli Lilly and Company)

    109) Tiber Creek Health Strategies, Inc. (On behalf of Genentech, Inc.)

    110) Tiber Creek Health Strategies, Inc. (On behalf of Novartis)

    111) TPI Composites, Inc.

    112) U.S. Chamber of Commerce fka U.S. Chamber of Commerce-Institute for Legal Reform

    113) Uber Technologies, Inc.

    114) UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

    115) Univision Communications Inc.

    116) Vertex Pharmaceuticals

    117) Viacom, Inc.

    JOSEPH SALZVERG

    (Florida)
    Clients:
    Clients:

    ROBERT STUART

    (Florida)
    Clients:

    IAN WEIR

    (Ohio)