20+ years

Recognized as trusted source of reliable and accurate information upon which legislators and policy makers can rely in making decisions.

Active participation with multiple state and local trade associations

Michigan Manufacturers Association

Michigan Chamber of Commerce

Michigan Chemistry Council

Holland Area Chamber of Commerce

Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce

Muskegon Area Chamber of Commerce

State Bar of Michigan (Environmental Law Section)

Excellent relationships with executive branch, legislators and state regulatory agency heads and staff.

Education:

Undergraduate degree (magna cum laude) with double- major in Politics & Government and Economics. Law degree with experience in multiple legal issues as corporate staff attorney.

Experience:

Directed regional government & public affairs program for a major paper manufacturing company with large energy and environmentally-intensive manufacturing operations in Michigan and Wisconsin. Managed national state government affairs program for leading direct selling company.

Special expertise in the management of complex and controversial environmental and energy issues.

Worked on more than $1 billion in economic development projects in Michigan.

20+ years

Jay F. Malcynsky, Esq., is the co-founder and managing partner of Gaffney, Bennett and Associates, Inc. Jay is also a practicing attorney licensed in Connecticut and Washington, D.C., and is the founder and managing partner of The Law Offices of Jay F. Malcynsky, P.C. In these capacities, Jay has distinguished himself as one of the most knowledgeable, highly respected, and capable professionals in the fields of government relations and political consulting, as well as administrative law. At the state Capitol, clients and legislators frequently call upon Jay's skills in negotiating agreements, forging alliances, and coordinating crisis management. Under his leadership, Gaffney, Bennett and Associates has mounted a record of success unsurpassed in Connecticut.

Jay has been an active and longtime political strategist. Prior to establishing the firm, Jay managed U.S. Congressman Stewart B. McKinney's political campaigns in 1980 and 1982. He also managed the re-election bids of U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Johnson and U.S. Senator Lowell P. Weicker, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. In 2000, Jay served as campaign manager for Bush for President in Connecticut, and was among the lead attorneys representing the Bush campaign during the Florida recount effort.

He is currently vice chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, and serves on the Boards of Directors of The UConn Foundation, the Nutmeg State Games, and Connecticut Legal Services.

After graduating from law school, Jay served as a trial attorney in the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. He also served as an attorney for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Lisa M. Fecke joined Gaffney, Bennett and Associates in 1994 after 13 years in the newspaper and public relations fields, and local and state politics. In the 1980s, she served as communications specialist for former New Haven Mayor Biagio DiLieto, and as communications director for the Senate Republican caucus at the state Capitol.

In addition to lobbying for Gaffney, Bennett and Associates on a variety of issues involving health care, energy, budget and taxes, business, arts and culture, and the environment, Lisa is principally responsible for the firm's client communications, one of the vital services Gaffney, Bennett and Associates offers its clients and one of the many features that sets it apart from other government relations firms.

Lisa volunteers for the New Haven chapter of Habitat for Humanity and Columbus House in New Haven.