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SUSAN GASTON

The Gaston Group is a well-respected, Virginia-based government relations and public affairs firm offering nearly two decades of experience in public policy, legislative affairs, grassroots and grasstops organizing, and media relations. Our practical approach to politics focuses on both sides of the political aisle, at all levels of government. In today's world, business strategy, politics, public policy, communications and public perception must intersect successfully and effectively. With a reputation for high ethical standards and a commitment to honesty, The Gaston Group is a trusted name that means success for our clients.We understand both the opportunities and challenges in communicating with government officials and agencies, and can assist clients in integrating effective government relations with their larger business objectives. In order to help clients reach those objectives, we are committed to providing year-round, individualized attention -- clearly, our clients come first.We represent professional trade associations, corporations, and non-profit organizations covering a variety of issues in the areas of housing, real estate and development, land use and zoning, landlord-tenant, renewable and alternative energy, telecommunications and technology, the arts, seafood production and processing, finance and economic development before the United States Congress, federal regulatory agencies, the General Assembly of Virginia, state regulatory agencies, local government and local governmental agencies.We are located in Williamsburg, Virginia, in the heart of Virginia's original capital and part of the metropolitan region known as Hampton Roads' one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country with a population of nearly two million people.

1) AT&T

2) City of Danville

3) CleanChoice Energy Shares

4) Frye Properties

5) ITG Brands

6) Lennar Corporation

7) Omega Protein

8) Orsted Wind Power North America, Inc.

9) PRA Group

10) Purely Appalachia

11) Restoration Systems, Inc.

12) SVT Robotics

13) The American Flood Coalition

14) Virginia Coalition of Motorcyclists

15) Virginia Peninsula Association of REALTORS'

16) Williamsburg Area Association of REALTORS'

20+ years

Susan S. Gaston, Founder and President of the Gaston Group, is a government relations and public affairs consultant. Susan has been involved in the political and legislative fields for most of her life, having watched her father lobby for the oil and gas industries at the state and federal levels. With over 20 years of governmental affairs and lobbying experience in the United States Congress, the General Assembly of Virginia, federal and state regulatory agencies, and local government bodies, she has created strong relationships and contacts with elected and appointed officials on both sides of the political aisle.

Susan works with her clients to develop successful legislative strategies that include direct lobbying, public policy advocacy and message development, public testimony, media relations and coalition building. She is experienced in running effective, successful grassroots and grasstops campaigns that focus on community influence and earned media. Her clients include multiple professional trade associations, Fortune 200 and 500 companies, and other business interests that span the fields of housing, real estate and development, land use and zoning, commercial fishing and seafood production, thoroughbred racing, technology, telecommunications, electrical generation, financial investments, transportation infrastructure, ports operations and renewable energy.

Susan is an honors graduate of the College of William and Mary with a degree in American Government and English. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Human Resources Development from The George Washington University. A former intern in the Washington, D. C. office of United States Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Susan is an avid runner, a yoga enthusiast and an accomplished and dedicated equestrienne.

Recently, she was appointed to the Board of Advisors for the Sorensen Institute for Public Policy at the University of Virginia, a high honor for a government relations professional in the Commonwealth. As a member of the President's Advisory Cabinet at The College of William and Mary, Susan works with other government relations alumnae as they guide the College to increased influence in Virginia politics.

An active member of her community, Susan is on the Regional Board of Directors for Village Bank, serves on the Governmental Affairs Committee of the Greater Williamsburg Chamber and Tourism Alliance, and is on the Board of Directors for Agriculture in the Classroom. A lifelong Episcopalian, Susan is a member of Bruton Parish Episcopal Church where her activity focuses on the altar and floral guild. Her previous community activities include serving as President of the Junior League of Hampton Roads, President of the St. Andrew's Episcopal School Parents' Council and a member of the Board of Directors for the Virginia Symphony, as well as numerous volunteer activities at the Virginia Living Museum and the Peninsula Fine Arts Center, among others.

Susan is married to Dr. David W. Gaston, Superintendent of Schools for Charles City County and a tenured adjunct professor in the Darden School of Education at Old Dominion University. They have two sons, John, a Naval ROTC Marine Midshipman 1st Class and EMT/Paramedic candidate attending Old Dominion University, and Henry, a 3rd Class Cadet at the Virginia Military Institute. The Gaston's reside in Williamsburg with their Labrador Retriever, Anne Morgan, and their Thoroughbred, Coletrane.

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JOSHUA BORILL

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JOSHUA BORILL

(Louisiana, )

State GR

josh@stategr.com
337-581-1326
P.O. BOX 80825, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70598,

Subjects: Alcohol, Business/Commerce, Education, Energy/Utilities, Gaming, Health Care, Retail, Telecommunications, Tobacco

Links:Website, LinkedIn

6-10 years

Joshua Borill, the founder of State Capitol Solutions, LLC (DBA "State GR") started working in the Louisiana Legislature in 2004. As a senate staffer for former State Senator Mike Michot, he gained the understanding of the legislative process and built strong relationships with legislative staff, current and former legislators as well as executive state department staffers. Josh served as director of state affairs for six years at a Louisiana government affairs firm. He has over 18 years of government and political experience and possesses extensive knowledge in the hallways of the State Capitol. Some of Josh's clients include Chevron, Port Fourchon, Acadian Ambulance, CAJUNDOME, LA1 Coalition and Lafayette Consolidated Government. Josh serves on several boards for various community non-profits, including LSUE Foundation Board and the Chitimacha Louisiana Open. Josh is a graduate of the Acadia Parish Chamber of Commerce Leadership Excel and was honored as one of Acadiana's "Top 20 Under 40" in 2013. In 2009, Josh was a candidate for Man of the Year for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Lafayette Parish. Josh is an avid golfer and a member of the Lafayette Area Football Officials Association (LAFOA) and the Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges (MACJC) as a football official. A native of Crowley, Louisiana, and graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Josh currently resides in Broussard with his wife Tonya Peterson Borill and their three children Reese, Rhyan and Hayes.

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MATTHEW KURTA

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Michigan Information and Research Service, Inc. (MIRS) has twice ranked Matt as one of the most effective lobbyists in Lansing.

Matt is respected throughout the Capitol as a bipartisan consensus builder, and believes that in today's term-limited environment, there is no substitute for legislative experience and longstanding bipartisan legislative relationships earned through mutual trust and respect.

He specializes in advocacy related to natural resources & the environment, energy policy & utility regulation, education, retirement, and finance.

1) ALLEGAN AREA EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY

2) ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

3) AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

4) ANHEUSER BUSCH COMPANIES INC

5) APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN

6) APPLE INC

7) ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORK BOARDS

8) BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

9) BCA LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE BOWLING CENTERS ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN

10) BERRIEN RESA

11) BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN

12) Botanicals for Better Health and Wellness

13) CIGAR ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC

14) CLINTON COUNTY RESA

15) COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS INSTITUTE

16) Compass Pathways

17) COPPER COUNTRY ISD

18) COUNTY ROAD ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN

19) CRIME STOPPERS OF MICHIGAN

20) DEAN TRANSPORTATION INC

21) DELTA SCHOOLCRAFT ISD

22) DETROIT LEGAL NEWS

23) DETROIT WAYNE COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY

24) DICKINSON IRON ISD

25) DTE ENERGY COMPANY

26) EASTERN UPPER PENINSULA ISD

27) FEDEX CORPORATION

28) FORD MOTOR COMPANY

29) GFL ENVIROMENTAL USA INC

30) GIFT OF LIFE MICHIGAN

31) GOGEBIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE (GCC)

32) GOGEBIC ONTONAGON ISD

33) GRATIOT ISABELLA RESD

34) GREAT LAKES REALITY LABS

35) GREAT LAKES TIMBER PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION

36) GUN LAKE TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY GUN LAKE CASINO

37) HEADSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES LLC

38) HELLO HEART INC.

39) HERITAGE SOUTHWEST ISD

40) HOLLAND HOSPITAL

41) HOLLYWOOD CASINO AT GREEKTOWN

42) HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF SE MICHIGAN

43) HURON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT

44) IDEMIA IDENTITY AND SECURITY NORTH AMERICA

45) INDEPENDENT PAYROLL PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION

46) INGHAM ISD

47) INVESTUP

48) IONIA COUNTY ISD

49) ITG BRANDS LLC

50) JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN GREAT LAKES

51) KALAMAZOO RESA

52) KINTERRA CAPITAL CORP

53) LATTICE INDUTRIES

54) LIVINGSTON ESA

55) MARQUETTE ALGER RESA

56) MENOMINEE COUNTY ISD

57) MICHIGAN 211

58) MICHIGAN AFTERSCHOOL PARTNERSHIP

59) MICHIGAN ASSESSMENT CONSORTIUM INC

60) MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION

61) MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATORS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

62) MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL

63) MICHIGAN ATHLETIC TRAINERS SOCIETY INC

64) MICHIGAN CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION

65) MICHIGAN CHAPTER ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

66) MICHIGAN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS

67) MICHIGAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION

68) MICHIGAN FOOD PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION

69) MICHIGAN INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION SOCIETY

70) MICHIGAN MORTGAGE LENDERS ASSOCIATION (MMLA)

71) MICHIGAN MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION

72) MICHIGAN ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS ASSOC

73) MICHIGAN PEST MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

74) MICHIGAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION

75) MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (MSU)

76) MICHIGAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

77) MICHIGAN VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY (MVU)

78) MICHIGAN WATERFRONT ALLIANCE

79) MIDLAND COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY

80) MONTCALM AREA ISD

81) MSU Research Foundation

82) MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF MICHIGAN

83) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THEATRE OWNERS OF MICHIGAN

84) NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF NURSING

85) NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY INC

86) NATIONAL INSURANCE CRIME BUREAU

87) NEWAYGO COUNTY RESA

88) NEXTENERGY CENTER

89) ONEMAIN HOLDINGS INC

90) OPPORTUNITY THRIVE

91) PHANTOM FIREWORKS SHOWROOMS LLC

92) REAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN

93) RENAISSANCE LEARNING INC

94) RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF KENT COUNTY

95) ROAD COMMISSION FOR OAKLAND COUNTY

96) Rockford Holdings LLC

97) SAGINAW ISD

98) SAMARITAS

99) Samsara Inc.

100) SCHOOL EQUITY CAUCUS

101) SCHUPAN AND SONS

102) SHIAWASSEE REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICT (SHIAWASSEE RESD)

103) Skydio

104) ST JOSEPH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT

105) TOMRA NORTH AMERICA

106) Trott Law P.C.

107) TUSCOLA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT

108) UNITED DEER FARMERS OF MICHIGAN

109) VAN BUREN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT

110) VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

111) Verra Mobility

112) VOYA SERVICES COMPANY

113) WASHTENAW ISD

114) WINE INSTITUTE

6-10 years

A native of Michigan's rugged, beautiful Upper Peninsula, Matt joined Karoub Associates in 2011 after serving eight years on legislative staff for a former State Senator and Senate Minority Leader. He holds degrees from Western Michigan University, Gogebic Community College, and is a 2005 Fellow of the Michigan Political Leadership Program (MPLP) at Michigan State University.

An avid golfer, musician, and NASCAR enthusiast, Matt and his wife Rebecca reside with their son in Okemos.