410-821-4445
306 West Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, MD, 21204,
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The Rasmussen Group, LLC has been a registered lobbyist serving well over 300 individual clients during the past 30 YEARS. Mr. Rasmussen served as County Executive of Baltimore County responsible for operating one of the largest county governments in the nation, essentially functioning as CEO with full responsibility over a $1.5 billion budget with 19,000 employees. Baltimore County government was the frontline provider of all public services for some 850,000 residents. During his tenure as Baltimore County Executive, he was elected by his peers as Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Urban County Executives and Chairman of the Baltimore Regional Council of Governments (Baltimore City and Baltimore, Carroll, Anne Arundel, Harford, and Howard Counties). He held two terms in the Maryland State Senate, serving first as Majority Whip and then as Chairman of the prestigious Senate Finance Committee. In addition, and because of his banking and finance background, he chaired the Joint Budget and Audit Committee. He was nationally recognized when selected as One of Ten Outstanding Legislators in the United States. Prior to his election as a State Senator, he served one term in the Maryland House of Delegates and sat on several Committees including House Appropriations and the Joint Committee on Personnel and Management. He also chaired an ad hoc Committee on State Data Processing and IT Management.
20+ years
Volunteered time and skills for numerous community efforts and has successfully chaired the capital campaigns of several major community nonprofit projects. Earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Loyola University, Maryland, served as an Adjunct Professor in Political Science and Government, where he was later recognized for his achievements by receiving the Loyola College Alumni Laureate Award. During his sixteen-year public service career, he was selected as the Most Valuable Public Official in America. Served as Board of Directors Chair for Towson University and MedStar Health-Franklin Square Medical Center.
The Rasmussen Group possesses an abundance of close relationships and connections with key decision makers and legislators in the State of Maryland and its political subdivisions. These interpersonal relationships include but are not limited to all three Branches of State government: Executive, Legislative and Judicial. The firm seeks to influence, persuade, and promote the issues, interests, and positions of its clients in an ethical manner to achieve and resolve important business issues. The firm has almost immediate access to Maryland's constitutional officers, cabinet members, legislative Committee chairs and legislative members, and County Executives/Commissioners and Mayors. The firm is capable of implementing and coordinating lobbying activities in multiple States (currently 14 East Coast States).
Senator Rasmussen possesses a wealth of experience, both in elected and appointed offices of State and local government, and private sector experience in the fields of government relations, business development, association management, banking/financial services, public relations and marketing services, as well as the directorships on various boards of major corporate entities, educational institutions and community nonprofits. Senator Rasmussen, as an entrepreneur, has successfully developed and operated several businesses in the fields of information software technology, computer systems, alternative energy, and real estate development. The Rasmussen firm represents the interests of major and regional corporations, professional trade Alliances and business groups, and provides a comprehensive scope of services to all legislative and executive branches of government at the Federal, State and Local/Municipal levels.
410-772-6501
9 State Circle, Suite 303, Annapolis, MD, 21401,
410-916-7817
9 State Cir, Suite 303, Annapolis, MD, 21401,
