David helps Cornerstone clients identify opportunities and establishes a road map for success at a local, state and federal level

On behalf of a Cornerstone client, David drafted, assisted in the passage, and secured funding, establishing a full medical school loan repayment program for primary care physicians

David works with clients to increase funding and tax incentives enhancing economic development programs

11-15 years

David Adelman joined Cornerstone Government Affairs in 2010, bringing over 10 years of substantial experience in grassroots advocacy, developing and implementing strategic legislative campaigns, drafting and analyzing legislative language and reports and establishing, administering and advising political action committees.

Before joining Cornerstone, David worked for a law firm in West Des Moines where his practice focused on government relations, legislative law, PAC compliance and strategic advising, and election law. David continues to secure millions of dollars for clients through appropriation language, enables clients to secure major policy changes in a variety of issue areas and helps defeat language that would have been detrimental to clients' interests.

Prior to his role at the law firm, David worked with the Department of Justice, in the Iowa Attorney's General Office and clerked in the State Senate.

David worked in Washington, D.C. at the Democratic National Committee where he helped to design the voter protection program in 2004 and returned to Des Moines where he assisted in the establishment of the legal protection network for the Iowa Democratic Party. David served two terms on the Iowa Democratic State Central Committee; the Board of Directors for the Democratic Party.

Raised in Des Moines, David earned a B.S. in Marketing and Business Legal Studies from Miami University, and a certificate in International Business studying in London, England. He received his law degree with a Legislative Practice Certificate from Drake University Law School.

David and his wife, Liz, reside in Des Moines where they are active in the community and have three sons, Michael, Benjamin and Sam.

LAURIE PURPURO

(Federal)

Ms. Purpuro is a government affairs advisor in the firm's public policy and law group. She focuses on energy, sustainability, and agriculture innovation policy.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Purpuro served as senior policy advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). She has more than 10 years of experience on Capitol Hill working for Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) as Deputy Chief of Staff, and for Congressman Jim Saxton (R-NJ) and Congressman Bob Davis (R-MI) as Legislative Director. Ms. Purpuro has advised Members of Congress on issues including the environment, energy, tax, interior, agriculture, and appropriations.

Ms. Purpuro has experience with energy efficiency programs including the Energy Star program where she assists clients in developing comments and engaging Members of Congress on Energy Star issues. Ms. Purpuro also works on emissions reduction policy including advocating on behalf of clients for policy to support carbon utilization. Her work on behalf of agriculture clients includes supporting establishment of an Office of Urban Agriculture as well as the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARA) at USDA. In addition to her Capitol Hill experience, Ms. Purpuro served as Director of Government Relations for the American Forest and Paper Association, where she lobbied Congress on environmental and transportation issues.

CHRIS JOHNSEN

(Federal)

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

Chris Johnsen is a partner in the Government Relations Practice Group and a member of the board of directors. He leads an effective team of government relations professionals who advise clients across numerous industries.

Since opening the firm's Washington, DC office in 1990 and being admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1991, Chris has built a strong team of government relations professionals who represent clients in the maritime, energy, and defense industries; numerous institutions of higher learning; and several state and local government entities. He provides his clients with a broad range of government relations assistance, including providing advice on a wide variety of legislative and regulatory matters facing the maritime industry and other business interests.

Chris has developed strong relationships with the key committees on Capitol Hill with general jurisdiction over transportation and maritime issues, including the Senate Commerce Committee, the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, as well as tax writing committees with jurisdiction over maritime tax and trade matters, including the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee.

Over the years, Chris has been deeply involved in numerous legislative matters affecting the maritime industry, including the Maritime Security Acts of 1996 and 2003, numerous Coast Guard Authorization Acts, the landmark tonnage tax legislation, the repeal of Subpart F shipping income provisions, the Jones Act, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the Water Resources Development Acts of 2007, 2014, 2016 and 2018 and legislation to implement numerous Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). In addition to his work on Capitol Hill, Chris has developed close ties with the principal federal agencies involved with the promotion and/or regulation of the US maritime industry: the Department of Transportation, the Maritime Administration (MarAd), the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the US Department of Agriculture, the United States Trade Representative, and the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Chris is the past president of the Propeller Club of Washington and currently serves as a member of the executive committee and the board of directors of the Coast Guard Foundation. He also served for many years as vice-chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Maritime Congress, a research and educational organization dedicated to informing the public, the media, and legislators in Washington on the issues and policies affecting the US flag merchant marine and maritime industry. Additionally, he sits on the advisory board of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.

In 2010, and again in 2017, he received the prestigious President's Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) for his efforts to secure funding in Congress for legal representation of underserved communities in Louisiana.

ADAM BIEGEL

(Federal)
Clients:

DANIEL HARTNETT

(Federal)
  • 2023312820

  • 1620 I Street, NWSuite 500WashingtonDC20006

KRISTEN HASKETT

(Federal)
  • 2023934251

  • 500 New Jersey Avenue, NWSuite 500WASHINGTONDC20001

LISA HUBLITZ

(Federal)
Clients:

DANIELLE MERCURIO

(Federal)
  • 2022981800

  • 1050 Thomas Jefferson Street, NWSeventh FloorWashingtonDC20007

Clients:

CAROL MICHAELSEN

(Federal)
Clients:

1) ACCELERGY CORPORATION

2) AGC Flat Glass North America, Inc.

3) AIRPORT MINORITY ADVISORY COUNCIL

4) ALGAE BIOMASS ORGANIZATION

5) Alpha Technologies, Inc.

6) ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION LIMITED

7) AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING

8) American Bus Association

9) American Commercial Space Innovators

10) American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers

11) AMERICAN MARITIME PARTNERSHIP

12) AMERICAN PYROTECHNICS ASSOCIATION

13) American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier Group, Inc.

14) AMERICAN SECURITY ACTION FUND, INC.

15) AMERICAN SMALL MANUFACTURING COALITION

16) American Superconductor Corporation

17) American Tower Corporation

18) AMERICAN WATER

19) Animal Wellness Action

20) Ansys, Inc.

21) Apex Clean Energy

22) Armored Things Inc.

23) Association of Washington Business

24) Astranis Space Technologies Corp.

25) AT-SEA PROCESSORS ASSN

26) Audia International

27) AVIS-BUDGET GROUP, INC.

28) Axiom Space, Inc.

29) Berkshire Hathaway Energy

30) BLUE ORIGIN, LLC

31) BNSF RAILWAY CO.

32) Boeing Employees' Credit Union

33) Boulder Capital Partners OZB, LLC

34) Breville Pty, Ltd.

35) Brightline Holdings LLC f/k/a Virgin Trains USA LLC

36) BROWN-FORMAN CORP

37) BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN

38) ByteDance Inc.

39) California Public Employees' Retirement System

40) CALVERT VENTURES, LLC

41) Capital SouthEast Connector Joint Powers Authority

42) Catalyst Old River Hydroelectric Limited Partnership

43) CERES, INC.

44) Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.

45) Chembio Diagnostics, Inc.

46) CHSPSC, LLC

47) CHURCH ALLIANCE

48) CIGAR RIGHTS OF AMERICA

49) CITY LIGHT & POWER, INC.

50) Clark Street Associates LLC on behalf of PSIQuantum

51) Clark Street Associates on behalf of Bright Machines

52) Clark Street Associates on behalf of Lattice Semiconductor

53) Clark Street Associates on behalf of TruckLabs

54) Clark Street Associates on behalf of Western Digital

55) Clark Street on behalf of Qorvo

56) Cleco Power LLC

57) CMS ENERGY CORP.

58) Coalition for Energy Efficient Jobs & Investment

59) Columbia Sportswear

60) COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT FEDERATION

61) Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC

62) Community Capital Management, LLC d/b/a CRAFund Advisory, Inc.

63) Compass Group USA, Inc.

64) Conservation International Foundation

65) CONSORTIUM OF STATE MARITIME ACADEMIES

66) Consumer Technology Association

67) Cumberland County Hospital System d/b/a Cape Fear Valley Health System

68) Cyanco International

69) Disability Benefits Deadline Initiative

70) DJI Technology, Inc.

71) Edelman Financial Engines f/k/a Financial Engines

72) ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND

73) ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND

74) Equinix, Inc.

75) Financial Accounting Foundation

76) FinCom Ltd.

77) First Trust Portfolios L.P.

78) Fisher Investments

79) Fleet Energy America, Inc.

80) Forterra, Inc.

81) G.W. PEOPLES CONTRACTING CO. INC.

82) GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CANNABIS COMMERCE

83) Gordon Food Service, Inc.

84) Great Elm Capital Group, Inc.

85) GREAT LAKES METRO CHAMBERS

86) Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce

87) GREATER SPOKANE INCORPORATED

88) GRIT Energy Services, LLC

89) Groundfish Forum

90) Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance

91) Hecla Mining Company

92) Hyundai Motor Company, Ltd.

93) Iconic Artists, LLC

94) Index Industry Association

95) Industrial Technology Institute

96) Ingo Money, Inc.

97) Inmarsat PLC d/b/a Inmarsat Aviation

98) INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER LESSORS

99) INSTITUTE OF SCRAP RECYCLING INDUSTRIES, INC.

100) Intelligrated Systems, Inc. dba Honeywell Intelligrated

101) INTERNATIONAL HOUSING COALITION

102) James Hardie Building Products, Inc.

103) John Lefas

104) Just Greens LLC

105) LAKE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION

106) LAKE PILOTS ASSN INC.

107) Launch on Demand Corporation

108) LEHIGH HANSON INC.

109) LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION

110) LOWER PASSAIC RIVER STUDY AREA COOP

111) Lynas USA, LLC

112) Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, Inc.

113) MADE IN SPACE

114) MAGNOLIA LNG LLC

115) MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY, INC.

116) MATSON NAVIGATION

117) Maxar Technologies Holdings Inc. f/k/a SSL MDA Holdings

118) McDermott International, Inc. f/k/a CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON (CB&I)

119) Michael L. Taylor

120) Midwater Trawlers Cooperative

121) Moda Health

122) MUSEUM OF FLIGHT

123) NANOBUSINESS COMMERCIALIZATION ASSOCIATION

124) Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.

125) National Assn for Biomedical Research

126) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAPTER THIRTEEN TRUSTEES (NACTT)

127) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRAILER MANUFACTURERS

128) NCL CORPORATION LTD.

129) NextStep Interacative Inc.

130) Nortek Security & Control LLC

131) NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

132) Olympus Power LLC

133) Oshkosh Corporation

134) Pacific Seafood Group

135) PacifiCorp Energy

136) Package Coalition LLC

137) PAPER RECYCLING COALITION

138) Parsyl, Inc.

139) Pear Therapeutics, Inc.

140) Pinnacle Treatment Centers

141) PITNEY BOWES

142) PolyVision Corporation

143) Poplicus Incorporated d/b/a Govini

144) Port of Moses Lake

145) Port of Portland

146) PPG Industries Inc.

147) PRIMET PRECISION MATERIALS, INC.

148) PRN Software

149) Quantum Industry Coalition

150) Qurate Retail, Inc. f/k/a LIBERTY INTERACTIVE CORPORATION

151) QVC, INC.

152) R.T. G. Furniture Corp. d/b/a Rooms to Go

153) Receivables Management Association fka DBA INTERNATIONAL

154) RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

155) Resolve Marine Group, Inc.

156) Savion, LLC

157) Seastreak LLC

158) Sierra Pacific Industries

159) SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND

160) Spire Global, Inc.

161) SPOKANE AIRPORT BOARD

162) SPRAGUE ENERGY CORP.

163) ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY PILOTS ASSN.

164) STARBUCKS COFFEE CORP

165) STEELCASE, INC.

166) Strategic Vaccines, LLC

167) Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Corporation

168) Suntory Business Expert Limited

169) Texas LNG

170) The ESOP Association

171) The First Church of Christ, Scientist

172) The World Dog Alliance Limited

173) TM3 Systems

174) Topical Bio Medics Inc.

175) TOWN OF FUQUAY-VARINA, NC

176) Tradebe Treatment and Recycling, LLC

177) Trans AstroNautica Corporation d/b/a TransAstra

178) Trans-Atlantic Business Council

179) TRANSPHORM INC.

180) TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE

181) TRI-CITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

182) TrueBlue, Inc.

183) Turing Inc.

184) U.S. Global Leadership Campaign

185) United Catcher Boats

186) United States Cannabis Council

187) Vanguard Charitable

188) Velocys Inc

189) Veolia Nuclear Solutions f/k/a Kurion

190) Viamedia, Inc.

191) Vitalant

192) VOX Space

193) WATER INNOVATIONS ALLIANCE

194) WATER INNOVATIONS FOUNDATION

195) WESTERN GREAT LAKES PILOTS ASSN

196) WESTON SOLUTIONS

197) XO Energy, LLC

198) Zapata Computing, Inc.

199) Zeno Power Systems, Inc.

  • 500 North Capitol Street, NWSuite 210WashingtonDC20001

  • 601 Pennsylvania Avenue NWSuite 900, S. BuildingWASHINGTONDC20004-2000

ALLISON POULIOS

(Federal)

ABBY SCHNEIDER

(Federal)
  • 500 New Jersey Avenue, NWSuite 500WASHINGTONDC20001

GLENN WILLARD

(Federal)
Clients:

1) Abrasive Blasting Manufacturers Alliance

2) Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc.

3) Al-Mawarid Bank SAL

4) Alliance for Biosecurity

5) Alvogen, Inc.

6) American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC)

7) American Staffing Association

8) American Water Works Association

9) Americans for Carbon Dividends

10) Aon Hewitt

11) Association of American Medical Colleges

12) Association of American Railroads

13) Association of Institutional Investors

14) Atlanticus Holding Corporation

15) Autodesk, Inc.

16) Barnard Construction Company, Inc

17) Bella Group

18) Bike Bentonville LLC

19) Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

20) Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney obo MDG Contracting and Environmental Solutions

21) Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC obo Murray Hill Group, Inc.

22) Cafaro Company

23) California Steel Industries, Inc.

24) Calvary Hospital

25) Camera Ecuatoriano Americana de Comercio Guayaquil

26) Care.com

27) Carestream Health, Inc.

28) Central Ohio Transit Authority

29) Cerberus Capital Management

30) Chatham Area Transit (CAT)

31) Children's Tumor Foundation

32) Cintas Corporation

33) City of Boise

34) City of Castle Pines

35) City of Detroit

36) City of Greenville SC

37) City of Las Vegas

38) City of Mesa

39) City of New Orleans

40) City of Philadelphia - Division of Aviation

41) City of Portland

42) City of San Diego

43) City of South San Francisco

44) Commerce City

45) CRRC Sifang America Incorporated

46) CTL Energy, Inc. formerly Somerset Coal International

47) Cuyahoga County

48) Danone North America

49) Daybrook Holdings, Inc.

50) Denver Regional Transportation District

51) Denver Water

52) DexCom, Inc.

53) Discovery Communications

54) EFA Education, LLC

55) Energy Marketers of America

56) Equinix

57) Fenicia Bank SAL

58) Fintech Advisory Inc.

59) Forest City Realty Trust, Inc.

60) Gazprombank GPB (OJSC)

61) Goodnight Midstream, LLC (formerly 1804 Operating, LLC)

62) Government of U.S. Virgin Islands

63) Grand Rapids Public Museum

64) Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance, Inc.

65) Hanesbrands, Inc.

66) HeartFlow, Inc.

67) HELLEN Systems, LLC

68) Hexion, Inc.

69) Hillsborough County

70) Huntington Ingalls Incorporated

71) IAC

72) IBL Bank SAL

73) iFoodDecisionSciences, Inc.

74) Impact Journals, LLC

75) Infra-Bk, LLC

76) Invacare Corporation

77) Ivanyan & Partners

78) Jabil, Inc.

79) James Campbell Company

80) JBS USA Food Company

81) Jubilant Pharma Holdings Inc.

82) JUUL Labs, Inc.

83) KTM North America, Inc.

84) La Maestra Family Clinic, Inc.

85) Leon County Attorneys Office

86) Leon County Board of County Commissioners

87) Ligado Networks LLC

88) Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

89) Ludvik Electric Co.

90) M1 Group

91) Madison Marquette Realty Services L.P.

92) Management and Training Corporation

93) Marriott International, Inc.

94) Mars, Incorporated

95) Match Group

96) MEAB SAL

97) Melaleuca, Inc.

98) MetaBank

99) Metropolitan District Commission of Connecticut

100) MGM Resorts International

101) Miami-Dade County

102) MicroPact

103) Midland Business Alliance

104) Momentive Performance Materials

105) Multnomah County

106) musicFIRST

107) National Air Traffic Controllers Association

108) National Association for Oilheat Research and Education

109) National Cannabis Roundtable

110) National Flea Market Association

111) NetJets

112) NLMK Pennsylvania

113) North Carolina Biotechnology Center

114) Oceus Networks

115) OCLC

116) Office of the Governor, State of Colorado

117) Ohio University

118) Olin Corporation

119) Owens Corning

120) Panasonic Avionics Corporation

121) Para la Naturaleza, Inc.

122) Park-Ohio Industries, Inc.

123) Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare

124) Piaggio Group Americas, Inc.

125) PMI Global Services Inc.

126) Policy and Taxation Group

127) Ready Colorado

128) Rendeavour Holding Limited

129) Republic Steel

130) Rianlon Americas, Inc.

131) SK hynix America, Inc.

132) Solar Energy Industries Association

133) SpaceX

134) Study Edge

135) SYMX Holdings

136) TATA Consultancy Services

137) Teijin Aramid USA, Inc.

138) The Advocacy Group at Cardenas Partners LLC on behalf of Ocala, FL

139) The Coca Cola Company

140) The Mosaic Company

141) The Pebble Partnership

142) The Procter and Gamble Company

143) The Trucking Alliance

144) The University of Miami

145) Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation

146) Thomas Jefferson University

147) Tinuum Group LLC

148) TOTAL S.A.

149) TransDigm Group Incorporated

150) Transportation Institute

151) Transurban (USA) Inc

152) Trojan Technologies

153) TruGreen Limited Partnership

154) Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation

155) Uncommon Schools, Inc.

156) Unione Italiana Vini on behalf of Taub Family Companies

157) United Rentals, Inc.

158) United States Council for International Business

159) United States Infrastructure Corporation

160) United Work & Travel

161) Universities Space Research Association

162) University of Georgia

163) Urban Ecology Center (UEC)

164) Verified Voting

165) Wake Forest University Health Sciences

166) Walton Enterprises

167) Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.

168) Weirton Medical Center

169) West Coast University

170) Westinghouse Electric Company

171) Wheel Pros, LLC

172) Xavier University School of Medicine

173) Yelp, Inc.

174) Zippo Manufacturing Company

KAREN WILLARD

(Federal)
Clients: